repudiate

repudiate is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject.
2. transitive verb. To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry.
3. transitive verb. To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts.
4. verb. refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid

   "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement"

5. verb. cast off

   "She renounced her husband"

   "The parents repudiated their son"

   Synonyms: disown, renounce

6. verb. reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust

   "She repudiated the accusations"

7. verb. refuse to recognize or pay

   "repudiate a debt"

Synonyms

disown, renounce

Common word forms

repudiated, repudiates, repudiating

Words from these letters

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