repudiate
Verb
- cast off; “She renounced her husband”; “The parents repudiated their son”
- Synonyms
- Less specific
- More specific
- apostatize
- apostatise
- tergiversate
- abjure
- recant
- forswear
- retract
- resile
- swallow
- take back
- unsay
- withdraw
- refute
- rebut
- deny
- Related
- repudiation
- renunciation
- repudiation
- renunciation
- renunciation
- renouncement
- refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; “The woman repudiated the divorce settlement”
- refuse to recognize or pay; “repudiate a debt”
- reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; “She repudiated the accusations”
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- Related
- repudiative
- repudiation
- debunking