verb · transitive · rare

repudiate

repudiate · repudiates · repudiated · repudiating

заперечувати, відкидати, відхилити

отвергать, отрекаться

verleugnen, zurückweisen, leugnen, verstoßen

To reject the truth or validity ofTo reject the truth or validity of; to deny.

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/ɹɪˈpjuː.di.eɪt/

» My parents would repudiate my brother if they ever found out he was gay.

Meine Eltern würden meinen Bruder verstoßen, wenn sie herausfänden, dass er schwul ist.

Батьки відмовилися б від мого брата, якби дізналися, що він ґей.

Meaning

4 senses

(transitive)To reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
verleugnen, abstreiten, leugnen
отверга́тьotvergátʹ
(transitive)To refuse to have any relation to; to disown.
verleugnen, verstoßen, sich distanzieren
отрека́тьсяotrekátʹsja
refuse to recognize or pay
(transitive)To refuse to pay or honor (a debt).
(intransitive)To be repudiated.

Examples

4 sentences

My parents would repudiate my brother if they ever found out he was gay.
Батьки відмовилися б від мого брата, якби дізналися, що він ґей.
deMeine Eltern würden meinen Bruder verstoßen, wenn sie herausfänden, dass er schwul ist.
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Catholicism repudiates the idea of reincarnation.
deDer Katholizismus verleugnet die Idee der Reinkarnation.
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The failed scientist's work was repudiated.
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He repudiated his spouse.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

to reject the truth of, deny:

to refuse to have anything to do with:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to reject the truth of, deny:

to refuse to have anything to do with:

Origin

First attested in 1543; from Latin repudiātus, the perfect passive participle of repudiō (

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”).

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