REPUDIATIONS Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

repudiations

noun

plural of repudiation

as in denials

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

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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

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Noun

State law requires housing providers to justify such denials by identifying a connection between the crime and the applicant’s suitability as a tenant.

— Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
Many families face significant barriers to obtaining testing, including long waitlists, limited access to genetics specialists, insurance denials and uncertainty about which tests to order and when.

— Eliza Goldwasser, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026

Definition of denials

Noun

Despite president Florentino Perez and general manager Jose Angel Sanchez’s refusals to sign him in recent months, this change of heart among Madrid’s key figures was something the supporters had been calling for.

— David Ornstein, New York Times, 24 July 2026
The models were tested with reduced cyber refusals, allowing researchers to measure their maximum capabilities without the production safeguards normally designed to block high-risk cyber activity.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026

Definition of refusals

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These June 30 rejections include supplemental health benefits, a night shift differential, geographic pay differential, a recruitment and retention proposal, seniority differential and overtime meal benefits, according to the complaint.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
Blue Film shot back in 2024 and went through waves of rejections from various festivals as Tuttle completed postproduction.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026

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