repudiate
1repudiate — re·pu·di·ate /ri pyü dē ˌāt/ vt at·ed, at·ing: to disavow or reject an obligation (as a debt) or duty (as performance under a contract); specif: to indicate an inability or unwillingness to perform as promised under (a contract) re·pu·di·a·tor /… …
2repudiate — re‧pu‧di‧ate [rɪˈpjuːdieɪt] verb [transitive] LAW to state that a contract, agreement, sale etc is no longer effective: • This would be a breach of a condition which would enable the hirer to repudiate the contract. * * * repudiate UK US… …
3Repudiate — Re*pu di*ate ( ?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repudiated} ( ? t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repudiating}.] [L. repudiatus, p. p. of repudiare to repudiate, reject, fr. repudium separation, divorce; pref. re re + pudere to be ashamed.] [1913 Webster] 1. To… …
4repudiate — 1540s, to cast off by divorce, from adj. meaning divorced, rejected, condemned (mid 15c.), from L. repudiatus, pp. of repudiare to divorce or reject, from repudium divorce, rejection, from re back, away + pudium, probably related to pes /ped foot …
5repudiate — 1 spurn, reject, refuse, *decline Analogous words: renounce, *abjure: *forgo, forbear, eschew, sacrifice Antonyms: adopt Contrasted words: *acknowledge, own, admit, avow, confess: embrace, espouse (see ADOPT) …
6repudiate — [v] reject; turn one’s back on abandon, abjure, apostatize, banish, be against, break with, cast, cast off, cut off, decline, default, defect, demur, deny, desert, disacknowledge, disapprove, disavow, discard, disclaim, dishonor, disinherit,… …
7repudiate — ► VERB 1) refuse to accept or be associated with. 2) deny the truth or validity of. 3) chiefly Law refuse to fulfil or discharge (an agreement, obligation, or debt). 4) archaic disown or divorce (one s wife). DERIVATIVES repudiation noun… …
8repudiate — [ri pyo͞o′dē āt΄] vt. repudiated, repudiating [< L repudiatus, pp. of repudiare, to put away, divorce < repudium, separation, a divorce < re , away, back + base of pudere, to feel shame] 1. to refuse to have anything to do with; disown… …
9repudiate — repudiable, adj. repudiative, adj. repudiator, n. /ri pyooh dee ayt /, v.t., repudiated, repudiating. 1. to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim. 2. to cast off or disown: to repudiate a son. 3. to reject with… …
10repudiate — transitive verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Latin repudiatus, past participle of repudiare, from repudium rejection of a prospective spouse, divorce, probably from re + pudēre to shame Date: 1545 1. to divorce or separate formally from (a woman) 2 …
