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Ordinary citizens are obliged and, if need be, compelled by force to meet their commitments. But let higher obligations of an international order be involved, and governments repudiate them, more often than not with a disdainful shrug of the shoulders.
Charles Albert Gobat

Meaning of "repudiate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD REPUDIATE

From Latin repudiāre to put away, from repudium a separation, divorce, from re- + pudēre to be ashamed.
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PRONUNCIATION OF REPUDIATE

repudiate  [rɪˈpjuːdɪˌeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REPUDIATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Repudiate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb repudiate in English.

WHAT DOES REPUDIATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Anticipatory repudiation

Anticipatory repudiation, also called an anticipatory breach, is a term in the law of contracts that describes a declaration by the promising party to a contract, that he or she does not intend to live up to his or her obligations under the contract.

Definition of repudiate in the English dictionary

The first definition of repudiate in the dictionary is to reject the authority or validity of; refuse to accept or ratify. Other definition of repudiate is to refuse to acknowledge or pay. Repudiate is also to cast off or disown.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO REPUDIATE

PRESENT

Present
I repudiate
you repudiate
he/she/it repudiates
we repudiate
you repudiate
they repudiate
Present continuous
I am repudiating
you are repudiating
he/she/it is repudiating
we are repudiating
you are repudiating
they are repudiating
Present perfect
I have repudiated
you have repudiated
he/she/it has repudiated
we have repudiated
you have repudiated
they have repudiated
Present perfect continuous
I have been repudiating
you have been repudiating
he/she/it has been repudiating
we have been repudiating
you have been repudiating
they have been repudiating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I repudiated
you repudiated
he/she/it repudiated
we repudiated
you repudiated
they repudiated
Past continuous
I was repudiating
you were repudiating
he/she/it was repudiating
we were repudiating
you were repudiating
they were repudiating
Past perfect
I had repudiated
you had repudiated
he/she/it had repudiated
we had repudiated
you had repudiated
they had repudiated
Past perfect continuous
I had been repudiating
you had been repudiating
he/she/it had been repudiating
we had been repudiating
you had been repudiating
they had been repudiating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will repudiate
you will repudiate
he/she/it will repudiate
we will repudiate
you will repudiate
they will repudiate
Future continuous
I will be repudiating
you will be repudiating
he/she/it will be repudiating
we will be repudiating
you will be repudiating
they will be repudiating
Future perfect
I will have repudiated
you will have repudiated
he/she/it will have repudiated
we will have repudiated
you will have repudiated
they will have repudiated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been repudiating
you will have been repudiating
he/she/it will have been repudiating
we will have been repudiating
you will have been repudiating
they will have been repudiating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would repudiate
you would repudiate
he/she/it would repudiate
we would repudiate
you would repudiate
they would repudiate
Conditional continuous
I would be repudiating
you would be repudiating
he/she/it would be repudiating
we would be repudiating
you would be repudiating
they would be repudiating
Conditional perfect
I would have repudiate
you would have repudiate
he/she/it would have repudiate
we would have repudiate
you would have repudiate
they would have repudiate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been repudiating
you would have been repudiating
he/she/it would have been repudiating
we would have been repudiating
you would have been repudiating
they would have been repudiating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you repudiate
we let´s repudiate
you repudiate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to repudiate
Past participle
repudiated
Present Participle
repudiating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REPUDIATE


affiliate
əˈfɪlɪˌeɪt
alleviate
əˈliːvɪˌeɪt
appreciate
əˈpriːʃɪˌeɪt
ascidiate
əˈsɪdɪˌeɪt
associate
əˈsəʊʃɪˌeɪt
differentiate
ˌdɪfəˈrɛnʃɪˌeɪt
digladiate
daɪˈɡlædɪˌeɪt
eradiate
ɪˈreɪdɪˌeɪt
humiliate
hjuːˈmɪlɪˌeɪt
ideate
ˈaɪdɪˌeɪt
initiate
ɪˈnɪʃɪˌeɪt
irradiate
ɪˈreɪdɪˌeɪt
mediate
ˈmiːdɪˌeɪt
negotiate
nɪˈɡəʊʃɪˌeɪt
officiate
əˈfɪʃɪˌeɪt
radiate
ˈreɪdɪˌeɪt
recreate
ˈrɛkrɪˌeɪt
reradiate
riːˈreɪdɪˌeɪt
stipendiate
staɪˈpendɪˌeɪt
tripudiate
traɪˈpjuːdɪˌeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REPUDIATE

republicanisation
republicanise
republicanism
republicanization
republicanize
republication
republish
republisher
repudiable
repudiation
repudiationist
repudiative
repudiator
repugn
repugnance
repugnancy
repugnant
repugnantly
repulp

WORDS THAT END LIKE REPUDIATE

appropriate
collegiate
covariate
denunciate
dimidiate
expatriate
gladiate
glochidiate
immediate
inappropriate
intercollegiate
intermediate
multivariate
novitiate
opiate
sociate
sorediate
substantiate
triradiate
univariate

Synonyms and antonyms of repudiate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «REPUDIATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «repudiate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of repudiate

Translation of «repudiate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REPUDIATE

Find out the translation of repudiate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of repudiate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «repudiate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

批判
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rechazar
570 millions of speakers

English

repudiate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अलग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التنصل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отказаться
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

repudiar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অস্বীকার করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rejeter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menolak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zurückweisen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

拒絶する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

반대하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Repudiate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không nhận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மறுத்தது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नाकारणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tanımamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ripudiare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozwodzić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відмовитися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

repudia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποκηρύσσουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verwerp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tillbaka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forkaste
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of repudiate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REPUDIATE»

The term «repudiate» is regularly used and occupies the 95.004 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REPUDIATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «repudiate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «repudiate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about repudiate

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5 QUOTES WITH «REPUDIATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word repudiate.
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Gordon W. Allport
It takes a major unhappiness, a prolonged and bitter experience, to drive us away from loyalties once formed. And sometimes no amount of punishment can make us repudiate our loyalty.
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Eldridge Cleaver
If a man like Malcolm X could change and repudiate racism, if I myself and other former Muslims can change, if young whites can change, then there is hope for America.
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Charles Albert Gobat
Ordinary citizens are obliged and, if need be, compelled by force to meet their commitments. But let higher obligations of an international order be involved, and governments repudiate them, more often than not with a disdainful shrug of the shoulders.
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Iain McGilchrist
In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals trump the category.
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Marc Racicot
If Senator Kerry understands the nature of this threat and the need to take on terror, then he should immediately repudiate these troubling comments, and stop all efforts on behalf of his surrogates to blame America for these attacks.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REPUDIATE»

Discover the use of repudiate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to repudiate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Notes and Queries
That the use of the word repudiate, in the sense of refuse, repel, reject, abandon, disown, cast oil, is by no means modern; and that such phrases as “ I repudiate the idea," “I repudiate the sentiment," “I repudiate the proposal," are strictly correct  ...
‎1852
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The Complete Book of Buddha's Lists -- Explained
Should any bhikkhunī, angry and displeased, say, "I repudiate the Buddha, I repudiate the Dhamma, I repudiate the Sangha, I repudiate the Training. Since when were the Sakyan-daughter contemplatives the only contemplatives? There are ...
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Exchange Rates and the Monetary System: Selected Essays of ...
If r < 1, Rk would fall through time, and a debtor unwilling to repudiate today would not repudiate later. The assumption embodied in eq. (7) plays a vital role in the rest of the analysis.5 3. OPTIMAL BEHAVIOR BY THE CREDITORS The ...
Peter B. Kenen, 1994
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Documents of the Christian Church
We repudiate the false teaching that there are areas of our life in which we belong not to Jesus Christ but another lord, areas in which we do not need justification and sanctification through him. . . . We repudiate the false teaching that the ...
Henry Bettenson, Chris Maunder, 2011
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Vocabulary Building for a Masters Degree
On separating from Tony, Tina announced that she would repudiate all debt incurredbyher soontobe exhusband. • Repudiate(vb) • Repudiated • Repudiating • : to give up orrenounce as ones own: disown. • Synonyms: disavow, disclaim ...
Idoniboye B. Bagshaw, 2014
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Business Law
minor or former minor cannot repudiate if by the date of purported repudiation the contract has come to be one for his benefit. Should the minor or former minor repudiate the contract, which by definition will not have been fully executed, the ...
Peter Gillies, 2004
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From the Reformation to the Permissive Society: A Miscellany ...
God forbid that any man should repudiate a past ministry rich in spiritual experience, both for himself and others. IX: We hope that the same motive would lead their ministers to accept such ordination as will secure for them a full recognition ...
Melanie Barber, Gabriel Sewell, Stephen Taylor, 2010
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Where Christianity Went Wrong, When, and What You Can Do ...
1111111111 Repudiate the Dreams Repudiate the Dreams Repudiate the Dreams Repudiate the Dreams Repudiate the Dreams Messiah, emper Messiah, emper Messiah, emper Messiah, emper Messiah, emperororororor,,,,, ...
Patricia A. Williams, 2001
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The Long Exile and Other Stories
Your fraud consists in this : that in order to free men from the evils connected with the facts of life, you repudiate all the facts of life — life itself. In order to free yourselves from disenchantment, you repudiate enchantment, you repudiate marriage ...
Leo Tolstoy, 2008
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Resistance and Conformity in the Third Reich
We repudiate the false teaching that the Church can and may, apart from this ministry, set up or accept special leaders (Führer) equipped with powers torule. 5 'Fear God, honourthe king!' (I Peter 2.17).... We repudiate thefalseteaching that the ...
Martyn Housden, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REPUDIATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term repudiate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Eve Adams crashes, grassroots repudiate Trudeau choice: Tim Harper
Instead it turned out to be all about prominent Toronto lawyer Marco Mendicino and an Eglinton-Lawrence Liberal repudiation of interloper Eve Adams, her ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
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Democrats call on Bevin to repudiate ad
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Democrats on Thursday tried to turn Republican Matt Bevin's words in this year's gubernatorial primary against him when it called on him to ... «The Courier-Journal, Jul 15»
3
Greece: People Repudiate the 1%-ers
The people of Greece have rejected austerity with an emphatic “No” in a referendum. The corporate media reacted predictably. Reuters depicted Greeks as ... «Dissident Voice, Jul 15»
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Charleston plans memorial, vigil to repudiate hatred after church …
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The people of Charleston built a memorial and planned a vigil Friday to repudiate whatever a gunman would hope to accomplish by ... «Press Herald, Jun 15»
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Methodist group must repudiate anti-Semitism
In a response seemingly supportive of anti-Semitism, the leadership of the Iowa Chapter of the Methodist Federation for Social Action (I-MFSA) has chosen not to ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Jun 15»
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Qatar CEO: industry must repudiate campaign against Gulf carriers
The chief executive of Qatar Airways on Monday demanded the industry repudiate a campaign against the Gulf carriers by US airlines, in a move that highlighted ... «Financial Times, Jun 15»
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Repudiate the BBL
Knowing that we have been dealing with foreign nationals is more than enough for us to repudiate the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law. This we have to bear ... «Manila Standard Today, Mar 15»
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Ted Cruz calls on next president to 'repudiate' Iran deal
Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN) Sen. Ted Cruz argued Monday that any potential White House candidate who's not willing to reject the emerging deal with ... «CNN, Mar 15»
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Environmentalists want university to 'repudiate' PennEast pipeline …
The report issued on Feb. 9 studied potential impacts of the $1 billion PennEast proposal. Plans include constructing a roughly 110-mile-long natural gas ... «lehighvalleylive.com, Mar 15»
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This Is Why GOP 2016 Hopefuls Won't Answer Media's Calls To …
Pressure is building for Republican presidential hopefuls to repudiate Rudy Giuliani's accusations that President Obama doesn't love America and harbors an ... «Media Matters for America, Feb 15»

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