repudiate

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. cast off (Freq. 3)
- She renounced her husband
- The parents repudiated their son
• Syn:
disown, renounce
• Derivationally related forms:
repudiation, renunciation (for: renounce), renouncement (for: renounce)
• Hypernyms:
reject
• Hyponyms:
apostatize, apostatise, tergiversate, abjure, recant,
forswear, retract, resile, swallow, take back, unsay,
withdraw, refute, rebut, deny
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid (Freq. 1)
- The woman repudiated the divorce settlement
• Derivationally related forms:
repudiative, repudiation
• Hypernyms:
reject
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. refuse to recognize or pay
- repudiate a debt
• Derivationally related forms:
repudiation
• Hypernyms:
refuse, decline
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust
- She repudiated the accusations
• Derivationally related forms:
repudiative, repudiation
• Hypernyms:
deny
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  disown, renounce