Antonyms for repudiate
rɪˈpyu diˌeɪtre·pu·di·ate

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1. repudiate

   Abandon is a word of wide signification, applying to persons or things of any kind; abdicate and resign apply to office, authority, or power; cede to territorial possessions; surrender especially to military force, and more generally to any demand, claim, passion, etc. Quit carries an idea of suddenness or abruptness not necessarily implied in abandon, and may not have the same suggestion of finality. The king abdicates his throne, cedes his territory, deserts his followers, renounces his religion, relinquishes his titles, abandons his designs. A cowardly officer deserts his ship; the helpless passengers abandon it. We quit business, give up property, resign office, abandon a habit or a trust. Relinquish commonly implies reluctance; the fainting hand relinquishes its grasp; the creditor relinquishes his claim. Abandon implies previous association with responsibility for or control of; forsake implies previous association with inclination or attachment, real or assumed; a man may abandon or forsake house or friends; he abandons an enterprise; forsakes God. Abandon is applied to both good and evil action; a thief abandons his designs, a man his principles. Forsake, like abandon, may be used either in the favorable or unfavorable sense; desert is always unfavorable, involving a breach of duty, except when used of mere localities; as, "the Deserted Village." While a monarch abdicates, a president or other elected or appointed officer resigns. It was held that James II. abdicated his throne by deserting it.

   Antonyms:
   adopt, advocate, assert, cherish, claim, court, defend, favor, haunt, hold, keep, maintain, occupy, prosecute, protect, pursue, retain, seek, support, undertake, uphold, vindicate

   Synonyms:
   abandon, abdicate, abjure, cast off, cease, cede, depart from, desert, discontinue, forego, forsake, forswear, give up, leave, quit, recant, relinquish, renounce, resign, retire from, retract, surrender, vacate, withdraw from

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1. repudiate

   Antonyms:
   avow, own, vindicate, assert, retain, vaunt, claim, profess, recognize, acknowledge, accept

   Synonyms:
   disavow, disown, discard, castoff, abjure, renounce, disclaim, divorce

Matched Categories

1. • Deny
   • Refuse
   • Reject

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1. disown, renounce, repudiateverb

   cast off

   "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

   Synonyms:
   quit, give up, resign, foreswear, vacate, disown, disinherit, relinquish, abdicate, renounce

2. repudiateverb

   refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid

   "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement"

   Synonyms:
   renounce, disown

3. repudiateverb

   refuse to recognize or pay

   "repudiate a debt"

   Synonyms:
   renounce, disown

4. repudiateverb

   reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust

   "She repudiated the accusations"

   Synonyms:
   renounce, disown

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1. repudiateverb

   Synonyms:
   reject, renounce, disavow, abjure, disclaim

How to use repudiate in a sentence?

1. Michael Cohen:

   As an American, I repudiate Russia's or any other foreign government's attempt to interfere or meddle in our democratic process, and I would call on all Americans to do the same.

2. Bill Kristol:

   Last December, Liz Cheney was one of a large number of Republicans who had sort of acquiesced to Trump but kept their distance, now Liz Cheney is the leader of the' we-need-to-repudiate-Trump' House Republicans.

3. Thum Ping Tjin:

   Singapore continues to be governed using the same values, institutions and assumptions that underpinned British colonialism so the government can not reject or repudiate colonialism without also criticizing its own values, institutions and methods of governance.

4. Andreas Simic:

   You can repudiate DESTINY all you want but in the end it wins.

5. 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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