HOW TO PRONOUNCE
repudiate
/ɹɪˈpjuː.di.eɪt/
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rih-PYOO-dee-ayt: stress PYOO.
The u begins with a y glide after p. In rih-PYOO-dee-ayt, retain separate ee and ay vowel beats at the end.
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“The association issued a statement to repudiate the claim.”
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Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗What does repudiate mean?
verb
- To reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
- To refuse to have any relation to; to disown.
- To refuse to pay or honor (a debt).
More meanings (5)
verb
- To be repudiated.
adjective
- (obsolete) Repudiated by a husband, divorced.
- (obsolete) Repudiated after betrothal or engagement.
- (obsolete) Set aside, rejected.
noun
- (obsolete) A divorced wife.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɹɪˈpjuː.di.eɪt/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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The historians of the white race admit that the Indian was never the first to repudiate his oath.
I have no right to borrow on credit, for there will come a time when the World will repudiate my claim.
More book examples (3)
M. de Bellegarde’s face flushed a little, but he held his head higher, as if to repudiate this concession to vulgar perturbability.
My only hope is that when my husband sees what a shady family he has married into he will repudiate the contract altogether.
He could not disavow his actions, belauded as they were by half the world, and so he had to repudiate truth, goodness, and all humanity.