Refudiate vs. Repudiate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Refudiate and Repudiate
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Refudiate
(nonstandard) To repudiate, to oppose.
Repudiate
Refuse to accept; reject
She has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders
Repudiate
Deny the truth or validity of
The minister repudiated allegations of human rights abuses
Repudiate
To reject the validity or authority of
"Chaucer ... not only came to doubt the worth of his extraordinary body of work, but repudiated it" (Joyce Carol Oates).
Repudiate
To reject emphatically as unfounded, untrue, or unjust
Repudiated the accusation.
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Repudiate
To refuse to recognize or pay
Repudiate a debt.
Repudiate
To disown (a child, for example).
Repudiate
To refuse to have any dealings with.
Repudiate
(transitive) To reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
Repudiate
(transitive) To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown.
Repudiate
(transitive) To refuse to pay or honor (a debt).
Repudiate
(intransitive) To be repudiated.
Repudiate
To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject.
Servitude is to be repudiated with greater care.
Repudiate
To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry.
His separation from Terentis, whom he repudiated not long afterward.
Repudiate
To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts.
Repudiate
Cast off or disown;
She renounced her husband
The parents repudiated their son
Repudiate
Refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid;
The woman repudiated the divorce settlement
Repudiate
Refuse to recognize or pay;
Repudiate a debt
Repudiate
Reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust;
She repudiated the accusations
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