English-Thai Dictionary

repudiate

VT ปฏิเสธ  ไม่ยอมรับ  ไม่ รับ  deny reject pa-ti-sed

 

repudiate

VT เลิกคบ  เลิกคบ หา  ตัดขาด  disown negate lok-kob

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REPUDIATE

v.t.[L. repudio. ] 1. To cast away; to reject; to discard.
Atheists - repudiate all title to the kingdom of heaven.
2. Appropriately, to put away; to divorce; as a wife.

 

REPUDIATED

pp. Cast off; rejected; discarded; divorced.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

REPUDIATE

Re *pu "di *ate (-t ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repudiated (-`td ); p. pr. &vb. n. Repudiating. ] Etym: [L. repudiatus, p. p. of repudiare to repudiate, reject, fr. repudium separation, divorce; pref. re- re- + pudere to be ashamed. ]

 

1. To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject. Servitude is to be repudiated with greater care. Prynne.

 

2. 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. Bolingbroke.

 

3. To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

repudiate

re pu di ate |riˈpyo͞odēˌāt rəˈpjudiˌeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] refuse to accept or be associated with: she has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders. • deny the truth or validity of: the minister repudiated allegations of human rights abuses. • chiefly Law refuse to fulfill or discharge (an agreement, obligation, or debt ): breach of a condition gives the other party the right to repudiate a contract. • (esp. in the past or in non-Christian religions ) divorce (one's wife ). DERIVATIVES re pu di a tor |-ˌātər |noun ORIGIN late Middle English (originally an adjective in the sense ‘divorced ’): from Latin repudiatus ‘divorced, cast off, ’ from repudium ‘divorce. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

repudiate

repudiate |rɪˈpjuːdɪeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 refuse to accept; reject: she has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders. • chiefly Law refuse to fulfil or discharge (an agreement, obligation, or debt ): breach of a condition gives the other party the right to repudiate a contract. • (in the past or in non-Christian religions ) disown or divorce (one's wife ). 2 deny the truth or validity of: the minister repudiated allegations of human rights abuses. DERIVATIVES repudiator noun ORIGIN late Middle English (originally an adjective in the sense ‘divorced ’): from Latin repudiatus ‘divorced, cast off ’, from repudium ‘divorce ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

repudiate

repudiate verb 1 he repudiated his Catholic faith: reject, renounce, abandon, give up, turn one's back on, disown, cast off, lay aside; formal forswear, abjure; literary forsake. ANTONYMS embrace. 2 Hansen repudiated the allegations: deny, contradict, controvert, rebut, dispute, dismiss, brush aside; formal gainsay. ANTONYMS acknowledge, confirm. 3 Egypt repudiated the treaty: cancel, revoke, rescind, reverse, overrule, overturn, invalidate, nullify; disregard, flout, renege on; Law disaffirm; formal abrogate. ANTONYMS ratify, abide by.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

repudiate

repudiate verb 1 a world that repudiated aggression and violence as a way of resolving disputes | they have repudiated the founder of the party: 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: deny, refute, contradict, rebut, dispute, disclaim, disavow; dismiss, brush aside; formal gainsay; rare controvert, negate. ANTONYMS confirm, acknowledge. 3 Egypt repudiated the treaty: 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: divorce, end one's marriage to. ANTONYMS marry.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

repudiate

re pu di ate /rɪpjúːdièɪt /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〈人 物 〉を拒絶する ; 拒否する .2 …を (不当だとして )否認する ; 〈借金など 〉の支払いを拒む .3 ｟古 ｠〈非キリスト教徒が 〉〈妻 〉を離縁する ; 〈子 〉を勘当する .