repudiate
Repudiated by a husband, divorcedRepudiated by a husband, divorced.
» 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. — MUIRIEL
Батьки відмовилися б від мого брата, якби дізналися, що він ґей. — aandrusiak
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3 senses(obsolete)Repudiated by a husband, divorced.
(obsolete)Repudiated after betrothal or engagement.
(obsolete)Set aside, rejected.
Examples
4 sentencesMy parents would repudiate my brother if they ever found out he was gay.
Батьки відмовилися б від мого брата, якби дізналися, що він ґей. — aandrusiak
deMeine Eltern würden meinen Bruder verstoßen, wenn sie herausfänden, dass er schwul ist. — MUIRIEL
Catholicism repudiates the idea of reincarnation.
deDer Katholizismus verleugnet die Idee der Reinkarnation. — Teteu80
The failed scientist's work was repudiated.
He repudiated his spouse.
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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Forms
more repudiate, most repudiate| Comparative | more repudiate Lesson |
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| Superlative | most repudiate Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.