Synonyms of repudiated

repudiated

verb

past tense of repudiate

1

as in denied

to declare not to be true

vigorously repudiated the charge that she had lied on her résumé

Synonyms & Similar Words

• denied
• refuted
• rejected
• contradicted
• disavowed
• disowned
• disclaimed
• disallowed
• negated
• disaffirmed
• gainsaid
• disconfirmed
• traversed
• negatived
• disproved
• rebutted
• challenged
• disputed
• disagreed (with)
• confuted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• owned
• admitted
• confirmed
• acknowledged
• adopted
• accepted
• allowed
• conceded
• embraced
• submitted
• declared
• affirmed
• claimed
• announced
• asserted
• maintained
• avowed
• espoused
• verified
• professed
• averred
• validated
• corroborated
• substantiated
• authenticated

2

as in refused

to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility

the angry mother bitterly repudiated her teenaged daughter, telling her that she never wanted to see or hear from her again

Synonyms & Similar Words

• denied
• refused
• disavowed
• disowned
• refuted
• disclaimed
• rejected
• criticized
• contradicted
• disproved
• questioned
• gainsaid
• washed one's hands of
• challenged
• renounced
• disallowed
• rebutted
• confuted
• negated
• retracted
• recanted
• disputed
• abdicated
• abjured
• negatived

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recognized
• owned
• adopted
• claimed
• acknowledged
• accepted
• granted
• embraced
• admitted
• submitted
• affirmed
• declared
• conceded
• announced
• confessed
• asserted
• maintained
• avowed
• espoused
• confirmed
• verified
• professed
• averred
• validated
• corroborated
• substantiated
• authenticated

3

as in rejected

to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to

we didn't like the terms, so we repudiated the contract

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rejected
• refused
• declined
• ignored
• denied
• dismissed
• passed
• spurned
• disapproved
• disputed
• vetoed
• withdrew
• avoided
• reprobated
• forbade
• passed up
• turned down
• nixed
• balked (at)
• threw over
• deselected
• negatived
• threw out
• overruled
• disdained
• rebuffed
• renounced
• scorned
• disavowed
• prohibited
• proscribed
• retracted
• scouted
• refuted
• contradicted
• turned one's back on
• recanted
• disclaimed
• revoked
• abjured
• gainsaid
• disowned
• recalled
• blew off
• shot down
• disproved
• rebutted
• abstained (from)
• refrained (from)
• forswore
• controverted
• forbore
• bypassed
• stuck
• negated
• backtracked
• reneged
• took back
• disagreed (with)
• disallowed
• detoured
• unsaid
• backed off
• backed down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accepted
• approved
• agreed (to)
• received
• adopted
• tolerated
• embraced
• swallowed
• agreed
• took
• welcomed
• acquiesced
• consented
• countenanced
• selected
• condoned
• supported
• chose
• assented
• acceded
• espoused
• handpicked

4

as in renounced

to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)

the producers of the hit TV show threatened to take the disgruntled actor to court if he attempted to repudiate his contract

Synonyms & Similar Words

• renounced
• retracted
• withdrew
• denied
• contradicted
• repealed
• refuted
• abandoned
• recanted
• relinquished
• abjured
• reneged
• took back
• forswore
• disavowed
• disowned
• recalled
• disclaimed
• spurned
• unsaid
• abnegated
• gainsaid
• disproved
• forsook
• negated
• rebutted
• controverted
• disputed
• revoked
• disagreed (with)
• surrendered
• backtracked
• negatived
• disallowed
• backed off
• bolted
• backed down
• gave up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stated
• affirmed
• declared
• claimed
• admitted
• acknowledged
• asserted
• maintained
• contended
• proclaimed
• adhered (to)
• confirmed
• endorsed
• supported
• professed
• adopted
• defended
• upheld
• accepted
• backed
• vowed
• embraced
• avowed
• vouched
• espoused

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of repudiated

El-Sayed has since disavowed Piker’s controversial statements and ended plans for joint campaigning, but has not categorically repudiated him nor apologized for appearing with him. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

The reflex to regard America’s earlier representational and nationalist traditions as something to be repudiated, rather than reconsidered, is learned — not inevitable. — Frank Porcu, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026

El-Sayed has since disavowed Piker's controversial statements and ended plans for joint campaigning, but has not categorically repudiated him nor apologized for appearing with him. — CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026

Over the years, questions about the evidence against Smith emerged as a witness recanted, Lowden repudiated his earlier statement implicating Smith, and another man claimed responsibility for Hart's killing. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026

In 2018, the court unequivocally repudiated its wartime decision that denigrated Japanese Americans. — Tom Campbell, Oc Register, 4 July 2026

Some of those decisions aligned with some unitary executive claims, but others directly repudiated them. — Graham G. Dodds, The Conversation, 30 June 2026

And major medical groups have repudiated conversion therapy as ineffective and harmful. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026

The profound significance of the recent protests lies in their creation of a vast public space where tens of thousands repudiated the lie in unison. — Azadeh Moaveni, Time, 3 Feb. 2026