Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)A divorced wife.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. 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. — aandrusiak

    deMeine Eltern würden meinen Bruder verstoßen, wenn sie herausfänden, dass er schwul ist. — MUIRIEL

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  2. Catholicism repudiates the idea of reincarnation.

    deDer Katholizismus verleugnet die Idee der Reinkarnation. — Teteu80

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  3. The failed scientist's work was repudiated.

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  4. He repudiated his spouse.

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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

plural: repudiates
Singularrepudiate
Pluralrepudiates

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
reptilianC2republicB1republicanrepugnantrepulserepulsive

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