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# repudiate

«repudiate» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To refuse to accept or support something; to say firmly…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (repudiate, repudiates, repudiated, repudiating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To refuse to accept or support something; to say firmly that it is wrong or not true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repudiate/#m1)

2) (formal, law) To refuse to keep an agreement or pay a debt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repudiate/#m2)

3) (old) To say you will have nothing more to do with someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repudiate/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Found in news, history and the stiff exam voice: a leader repudiates a claim or a treaty. In stories it shows strong rejection. Phrases: «repudiate a claim», «repudiate the treaty», «firmly repudiated».

### examples

- The minister repudiated the rumours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repudiate/#x1)
- She repudiated the claim that she had cheated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repudiate/#x2)
- The country repudiated the treaty and war began. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repudiate/#x3)
- The company repudiated the deal at the last minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repudiate/#x4)
- The scientist repudiated his old theory when new evidence appeared. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repudiate/#x5)
- He repudiated any link with the gang. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repudiate/#x6)

### note

Formal (exam voice); simpler words are «reject» or «deny». Regular verb: repudiated. Noun: «repudiation». Pronounced «ri-PEW-dee-ate».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «repudiate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/repudiate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.