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repudiate

[ri-pyoo-dee-eyt] / rɪˈpju diˌeɪt /


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This signal turns to static if defendants are allowed to repudiate allegations to which they just agreed “without admitting or denying” these very same allegations.

From MarketWatch Jun. 17, 2026

To repudiate a doctrine accepted by the nation’s cultural arbiters gets you uninvited to their parties and called a fool.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

In response, Allister said: "If Claire is trying to pretend that I am insincere in my condemnation of violence then I utterly repudiate and indeed resent that comment."

From BBC Jun. 10, 2025

Kavazović and Rosensaft committed to collaborate in times of crisis, maintain consistent and compassionate channels of communication, remember and commemorate the victims of past genocides and repudiate all forms of bigotry.

From Seattle Times Jan. 27, 2024

Burr, true to form, refused to make any promises to deliver New York to the secessionists, but he also would not repudiate the conspiracy.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Mediaset Espana, which owns the news channel, issued a statement expressing its support for Ms Balado after the "absolutely intolerable situation" she suffered, and that it "categorically repudiates any form of harassment or aggression."

From BBC Sep. 13, 2023

“President Jair Bolsonaro vehemently repudiates the acts of vandalism and depredation of public property committed by those infiltrating the demonstration,” Mr. Wassef said.

From New York Times Jan. 13, 2023

“The government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela repudiates this grave violation of human rights against a Venezuelan citizen, invested as a diplomat and representative of our country before the world,” the statement said.

From Washington Times Oct. 16, 2021

In a statement, Fabiani said the affidavit repudiates “all allegations” against O’Reilly.

From Washington Post Oct. 21, 2017

Agricola rejected absolutely the Biblical view which, he says, was the opinion of the vulgar; further, he repudiates the alchemistic and astrological view with great vigour.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

It speaks to the central paradox of our national origins: A revolution that repudiated allegiance to the British Constitution was nevertheless vitally inspired by that very constitutional inheritance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Without the old-claim bar, federal prisoners are no longer automatically foreclosed from re-presenting claims that were previously rejected under legal assumptions the Supreme Court has since repudiated.

From Slate Jan. 10, 2026

His approach to international relations also contrasts starkly with neighbouring regimes, who have cultivated close security ties with Russia and repudiated their previous close partnerships with France.

From BBC Dec. 26, 2025

Some of those decisions aligned with some unitary executive claims, but others directly repudiated them.

From Salon Oct. 8, 2025

Winnie had been invited to open the annual conference of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress, and at my instigation she repudiated these rumors in no uncertain terms.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

So one of the appealing takeaways from the biodoc “It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley” is a repudiating of the typical narrative of inescapable fate, instead pursuing the richness of a gifted artist’s ups and downs.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2025

Why did Barrett spill so much ink repudiating Thomas’ opinion when the two justices landed in the same place?

From Slate Jun. 17, 2024

The researchers now wanted to know whether these individuals would justify their decision retrospectively by repudiating climate change.

From Science Daily Feb. 2, 2024

And Roberts, in particular, has made a point of repudiating the Korematsu decision that approved American detention camps.

From Salon Nov. 15, 2023

In other words, if he did not answer Burr’s challenge, he would be repudiating his well-known convictions, and in so doing, he would lose the respect of those political colleagues on whom his reputation depended.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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