1
as in denial
a refusal to confirm the truth of a statement
voters seemed satisfied by the candidate's public repudiation of the beliefs of an organization to which he had briefly belonged as a youth
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in refusal
the act or practice of giving up or rejecting something once enjoyed or desired
New Year's resolutions typically include the repudiation of chocolate and other indulgences and the promise to resume working out at the gym
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of repudiation
Gelsinger’s departure late last year was widely seen as a repudiation by the company of his complex turnaround plan, which included trying to rebuild Intel’s manufacturing base.
—
ArsTechnica, 27 Mar. 2025
Thus, Airman Bushnell had reasonable cause to object to participation in the crime and substantial moral grounds for his repudiation of his nation’s descent into primitive barbarism.
—Kary Love, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Protesters have embraced the flag as a symbol of cultural pride and a repudiation of anti-immigrant policies against the backdrop of National Guard and Marines deployed to the city by President Donald Trump.
—Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 15 June 2025
The ruling marked a rare and sweeping judicial repudiation of the administration’s unprecedented use of military personnel to support deportation operations amid immigration protests in the south state.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for repudiation
ArsTechnica, 27 Mar. 2025
Thus, Airman Bushnell had reasonable cause to object to participation in the crime and substantial moral grounds for his repudiation of his nation’s descent into primitive barbarism.
—Kary Love, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Protesters have embraced the flag as a symbol of cultural pride and a repudiation of anti-immigrant policies against the backdrop of National Guard and Marines deployed to the city by President Donald Trump.
—Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 15 June 2025
The ruling marked a rare and sweeping judicial repudiation of the administration’s unprecedented use of military personnel to support deportation operations amid immigration protests in the south state.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for repudiation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repudiation
Noun
-
Drunk people tend to tell the truth, and the specificity of these comments make his later denials harder to believe.—
Emma Soren,
Vulture,
12 Aug. 2025
-
The 2014 policy provided coverage for a long list of events but did not define any of the terms used, including 'economic sanctions' and 'denial of access' in the 2014 policy.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
-
The ceremony last year stirred controversy because of the absence of the U.S. ambassador and other Western envoys in response to the Japanese city’s refusal to invite officials from Israel.—
Mari Yamaguchi,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Aug. 2025
-
Ghana’s communication regulator, the National Communications Authority (NCA), has ordered the local shutdown of MultiChoice – Africa’s largest pay-TV operator — in 30 days from now, on Sept. 8, due to the streamer’s refusal to cut its subscription rate by 30%.—
Thinus Ferreira,
Variety,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
-
Player rejection after player rejection in the transfer market?—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
13 Aug. 2025
-
In the end, the real sale is trust, and trust is earned in the pause between rejection and return.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
-
When the late Pope Francis was elected, a dozen years ago, and famously declined the pomp and perquisites typically associated with the office, among his renunciations was the use of the papal summer residence—a seventeenth-century palazzo in Castel Gandolfo, about fifteen miles south of Rome.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
-
This is largely due to the renunciation of complete sovereignty and the sharing of resources that the EU has encouraged for almost 60 years now.—
Frank-Walter Steinmeier,
Foreign Affairs,
13 June 2016
Noun
-
The feats, the ecstasies, the prostrations and abnegations.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2025
-
The explicit and quasi-religious abnegation of the right to violent self-defense put the national committee at odds with one of its key allies during the Saturday march: Black Lives Matter.—
Samantha Eyler,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Jan. 2017
Cite this Entry
“Repudiation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repudiation. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share