Repudiate: alternatives and connections

To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever.

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To renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to forsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or the party to which one has prev…

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To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.

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To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations.

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To drive or beat back; to repulse.

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To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract…

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To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to refute arguments; to…

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To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.

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To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.

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Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They h…

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To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.

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To recant or recall, as what has been said; to refract; to take back again; to make as if not said.

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To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

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To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

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To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.

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To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.

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To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.

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The act of renouncing.

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The act of renouncing.

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The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as, the repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc.

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The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as, the repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc.

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To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly diso…

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To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land…

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