repudiate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
cast off
She renounced her husband
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- renunciation derivation
- renouncement derivation
Sense 2 verb
refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
The woman repudiated the divorce settlement
Types & categories
- reject hypernym
Related & opposite
- repudiation derivation
- repudiative derivation
Sense 3 verb
refuse to recognize or pay
repudiate a debt
Types & categories
- refuse hypernym
Related & opposite
- repudiation derivation
Sense 4 verb
reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust
She repudiated the accusations
Types & categories
- deny hypernym
Related & opposite
- debunking derivation
- repudiative derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | renunciation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | renouncement |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | reject |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | apostatize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | abjure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | unsay |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | refute |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | deny |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | repudiation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | repudiative |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | reject |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | repudiation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | refuse |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | debunking |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | repudiative |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | deny |