repudiate
repudiate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry. His separation from Terentis, whom he repudiated not long afterward. Bolingbroke.
- 2.To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- account
- and
- apart
- application
- apply
- arrear
- aside
- away
- back
- bad
- banish
- bank
- bankrupt
- bankruptcy
- bar
- bating
- become
- behind
- behindhand
- blackball
- bogus
- both
- break
- button
- cancel
- cast
- check
- cheque
- chosen
- close
- coach
- cofferdam
- debt
- debtor
- declare
- declination
- decline
- defalcation
- default
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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