repudiated

verb

past tense of repudiate
1
as in denied
to declare not to be true vigorously repudiated the charge that she had lied on her résumé

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2
as in refused
to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility the angry mother bitterly repudiated her teenaged daughter, telling her that she never wanted to see or hear from her again

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3
as in rejected
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to we didn't like the terms, so we repudiated the contract

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4
as in renounced
to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to) the producers of the hit TV show threatened to take the disgruntled actor to court if he attempted to repudiate his contract

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Recent Examples of repudiated The profound significance of the recent protests lies in their creation of a vast public space where tens of thousands repudiated the lie in unison. — Azadeh Moaveni, Time, 3 Feb. 2026 The post was quickly repudiated. — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2026 Whatever the specifics were, this looks like voters repudiated the new voting processes that made the odds lower for any one candidate to advance. — Dianna Russini, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026 Some of those decisions aligned with some unitary executive claims, but others directly repudiated them. — Graham G. Dodds, The Conversation, 30 June 2026 And she’s really rejected, repudiated by the Venezuelan people. — Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026 And major medical groups have repudiated conversion therapy as ineffective and harmful. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026 Any unilateral invasion is a pretext for any other unilateral invasion, which is why each must always be repudiated, regardless of the moral justification. — Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026 In 2018, the court unequivocally repudiated its wartime decision that denigrated Japanese Americans. — Tom Campbell, Oc Register, 4 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repudiated
  1. denied
  2. refused
  3. rejected
  4. renounced
  5. refuted
  6. declined
  7. retracted
  8. ignored
Verb
  • Graf denied a defense request to force Robinson's partner to travel from Texas to testify in person.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Historically, the Catholic Church had denied religious funerals inside its houses of worship as well as traditional burials for those who died in this way.
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of denied
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  • He's refused to sign the bipartisan legislation until Congress passes a voting restrictions bill called the SAVE America Act.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • But both Mamdani and his police commissioner have repeatedly refused to discuss the nature of the event — angering some nearby business owners and raising questions about the use of public resources to cover private security.
    — Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 2 July 2026
Definition of refused
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  • The Yolo County Board of Supervisors rejected those findings.
    — Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • In May, the EEOC filed a discrimination lawsuit against the New York Times alleging discrimination against a white male employee, which the Times has rejected as politically motivated.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of rejected
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  • The 58-year-old construction tycoon renounced his Ukrainian citizenship in 2017, Ukrainian media reported, and has been a citizen of Cyprus since 2019.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • What follows are dozens of examples of how those whose names are familiar (or aren’t) and legendary (or infamous) for their actions while representing the state have been embraced (or renounced) by the rest of the country and beyond.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
Definition of renounced
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  • Wainger also refuted the assertion that Pennel had expected to be arrested.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
  • Reports emerged earlier this year that Beatrice and Eugenie were not invited to Royal Ascot, only to be refuted by subsequent reports claiming that they were invited, after all.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 28 June 2026
Definition of refuted
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  • The location for the bronze statue on the Wimbledon grounds hasn't been announced and Williams-Ellis declined to offer specifics about the pose.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
  • In doing so, Valdez, like fellow successful DSA New York Congressional candidate Avila Chevalier, declined to endorse Jeffries as minority leader or even Speaker if the Democrats take back the House.
    — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 4 July 2026
Definition of declined
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  • As soon as the error was realized, the story was retracted and removed from NPR’s website and an on-air correction was broadcast.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 30 June 2026
  • The journal typically adds a large RETRACTED notice across digital papers that have been retracted, leaving them available for download.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 28 June 2026
Definition of retracted
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  • Their food might be the first mention in Talat’s many accolades, but their bar program can’t be ignored.
    — Blair Crosby, AJC.com, 5 July 2026
  • Not only were the rules misapplied, according to an expert referee with years of elite experience, but similar plays during this tournament have been ignored.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of ignored

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