repudiate

English Thesaurus

1. refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid (verb.cognition)

hypernym	:	reject, reject,
definition	:	refuse to accept or acknowledge (verb.cognition)

2. cast off (verb.communication)

hyponym	:	apostatise, apostatize, tergiversate,
definition	:	abandon one's beliefs or allegiances (verb.communication)

hyponym	:	abjure, forswear, recant, resile, retract,
definition	:	formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure (verb.communication)

hyponym	:	swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw,
definition	:	take back what one has said (verb.communication)

hyponym	:	rebut, refute,
definition	:	overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof (verb.communication)

hyponym	:	deny,
definition	:	refuse to accept or believe (verb.communication)

3. reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust (verb.communication)

hypernym	:	deny,
definition	:	declare untrue; contradict (verb.communication)

4. refuse to recognize or pay (verb.communication)

hypernym	:	decline, refuse,
definition	:	show unwillingness towards (verb.communication)

5. refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	repudiation,
definition	:	refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities) (noun.communication)

derivation	:	repudiative,
definition	:	rejecting emphatically; e.g. refusing to pay or disowning (adj.all)

6. cast off (verb.communication)

derivation	:	renunciation, repudiation,
definition	:	rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid (noun.communication)

derivation	:	renouncement, renunciation,
definition	:	an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned (noun.communication)

7. reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust (verb.communication)

derivation	:	debunking, repudiation,
definition	:	the exposure of falseness or pretensions (noun.act)

derivation	:	repudiative,
definition	:	rejecting emphatically; e.g. refusing to pay or disowning (adj.all)

8. refuse to recognize or pay (verb.communication)

derivation	:	repudiation,
definition	:	refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities) (noun.communication)

9. refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	repudiation,
definition	:	refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities) (noun.communication)

derivation	:	repudiative,
definition	:	rejecting emphatically; e.g. refusing to pay or disowning (adj.all)

10. cast off (verb.communication)

derivation	:	renunciation, repudiation,
definition	:	rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid (noun.communication)

derivation	:	renouncement, renunciation,
definition	:	an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned (noun.communication)

11. reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust (verb.communication)

derivation	:	debunking, repudiation,
definition	:	the exposure of falseness or pretensions (noun.act)

derivation	:	repudiative,
definition	:	rejecting emphatically; e.g. refusing to pay or disowning (adj.all)

12. refuse to recognize or pay (verb.communication)

derivation	:	repudiation,
definition	:	refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities) (noun.communication)