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Refudiate vs. Repudiate — What's the Difference?

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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