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Synonyms of repudiate in English:

repudiate


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verb

1‘a world that repudiated aggression and violence as a way of resolving disputes’

SYNONYMS
reject, renounce, abandon, forswear, give up, turn one's back on, have nothing more to do with, wash one's hands of, have no more truck with, abjure, disavow, recant, desert, discard, disown, cast off, lay aside, cut off, rebuff
archaic forsake
rare disprofess
ANTONYMS

embrace

2‘Cranham repudiated the allegations’

SYNONYMS
deny, refute, contradict, rebut, dispute, disclaim, disavow
dismiss, brush aside
formal gainsay
rare controvert, negate
ANTONYMS

confirm, acknowledge

3‘Egypt repudiated the treaty’

SYNONYMS
cancel, set aside, revoke, rescind, reverse, retract, overrule, override, overturn, invalidate, nullify, declare null and void, abrogate
refuse to fulfil, disregard, ignore, disobey, dishonour, renege on, go back on, backtrack on
Law disaffirm, avoid, vacate
ANTONYMS

ratify, accept, abide by

4‘he repudiated his first wife’

SYNONYMS
divorce, end one's marriage to
ANTONYMS

marry