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repudiate

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  • v  cast off
    The parents repudiated their son
  • v  refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
    The woman repudiated the divorce settlement
  • v  refuse to recognize or pay
    repudiate a debt
  • v  reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust
    She repudiated the accusations

  • The eye witness was absolutely sure and refused to repudiate his account of the murder.
  • The management let the union know that it did not repudiate any of its obligations towards its employees.
  • Jackie found her mentor's remarks deeply offensive and repudiated them.
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  • John McCain in The Hill
    McCain said Thursday he finds Hagee's "remarks and others deeply offensive and indefensible, and I repudiate them."
  • Jesse Jackson in WBKO
    Jackson's son, Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. said he was "deeply outraged and disappointed in Reverend Jackson's reckless statements. I thoroughly reject and repudiate his ugly rhetoric. He should keep hope alive and any personal attacks and insults...
  • Hillary Rodham Clinton in Bloomberg
    I rejected what she said, and I certainly do repudiate it,Clinton told a group of black newspaper publishers tonight in Washington. "Obviously she does not speak for the campaign; she doesn't speak for any of my positions, and she has...

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