REPUDIATES Synonyms: 139 Similar and Opposite Words

repudiates

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Definition of repudiates next

present tense third-person singular of repudiate

as in denies

to declare not to be true vigorously repudiated the charge that she had lied on her résumé

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as in refuses

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

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as in rejects

to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to we didn't like the terms, so we repudiated the contract

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as in renounces

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

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Recent Examples of repudiates Joe takes his accusations against Ted public; Louise repudiates them publicly. —

Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025

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Husband of missing Michigan woman arrested in Bahamas; his attorney says Brian Hooker categorically denies wrongdoing in her disappearance.

— R.j. Rico, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Nine grandmothers, all in their nineties, staring down death without justice as a far-right Japanese government denies their history.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026