# repudiate

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɪˈpjuː.di.eɪt/ · frequency rank #56,403

## Definitions
1. To reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
2. To refuse to have any relation to; to disown.
3. To refuse to pay or honor (a debt).
4. To be repudiated.

## Etymology
First attested in 1543; from Latin repudiātus, the perfect passive participle of repudiō (“to cast off, reject”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from repudium (“rejection, repudiation, divorce”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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