Definitions for repudiate

repudiate re·pu·di·ate

Spelling: [ri-pyoo-dee-eyt]
IPA: /rɪˈpyu diˌeɪt/

Repudiate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 439 anagrams from letters in repudiate (adeeiprtu).

Definitions for repudiate

verb (used with object)

  1. to reject as having no authority or binding force:
  2. to cast off or disown:
  3. to reject with disapproval or condemnation:
  4. to reject with denial:
  5. to refuse to acknowledge and pay (a debt), as a state, municipality, etc.

Origin of repudiate

1535-45; Latin repudiātus (past participle of repudiāre to reject, refuse), equivalent to repudi(um) a casting off, divorce (re- re- + pud(ere) to make ashamed, feel sh

Examples for repudiate

This was the feeling that had made it incumbent on him to repudiate a wife who had so treated him.

There are circumstances in which a good citizen is bound to repudiate all complicity.

Canada must repudiate extremism on both sides of the conflict.

Outrage ensued as the DNC and others called on Mitt to repudiate Ted.

There was something coming to him on that account which a man could not repudiate or ignore.

The goal of broader coverage, however, Republicans do not have to repudiate.

But the U.S. could work with Yeltsin—though he chose a successor who would ‘repudiate his legacy.’

I ought to have said the bargain ceases the instant you repudiate it.

Philip was ashamed of his glories, but he had no heart to repudiate them.

The testimony included that of two defendants, Salaam and Wise, who took the stand to repudiate their confessions.

Word Value for repudiate
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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