Definitions
refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
Word origin
First attested in 1543; from Latin repudiātus, the perfect passive participle of repudiō (“to cast off, reject”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from repudium (“rejection, repudiation, divorce”).
Used in a sentence
“The fierce willingness to repudiate domination in a holistic manner is the starting point for progressive cultural revolution.”
“Chaucer […] not only came to doubt the worth of his extraordinary body of work, but repudiated it.”
“If a man like Malcolm X could change and repudiate racism, if I myself and other former Muslims can change, if young whites can change, then there is hope for America.”
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01“Disown”9 letters
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