Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject.
- 2transitive verb
To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry.
- 3transitive verb
To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts.
- 4verb
refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
"The woman repudiated the divorce settlement"
- 5verb
cast off
"She renounced her husband"
"The parents repudiated their son"
- 6verb
reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust
"She repudiated the accusations"
- 7verb
refuse to recognize or pay
"repudiate a debt"
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