repudiate

  • 41repudiator — repudiate ► VERB 1) refuse to accept or be associated with. 2) deny the truth or validity of. 3) chiefly Law refuse to fulfil or discharge (an agreement, obligation, or debt). 4) archaic disown or divorce (one s wife). DERIVATIVES repudiation… …

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  • 42decline — vb Decline, refuse, reject, repudiate, spurn are comparable when they mean to turn away something or someone by not consenting to accept, receive, or consider it or him. Decline is the most courteous of these terms and is used chiefly in respect… …

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  • 43renounce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. abjure, disclaim, disown, repudiate, reject, give up, abandon, surrender. See rejection. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To abandon] Syn. relinquish, forswear, forsake, quit; see abandon 1 . 2. [To… …

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  • 44disclaim — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. disavow, deny, repudiate; disown, renounce. See nullification, negation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To deny] Syn. repudiate, disavow, revoke, retract; see deny , recant . 2. [To disown] Syn. renounce,… …

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  • 45disown — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. disinherit; disclaim, repudiate, deny, disavow. See negation, nullification. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. repudiate, cast off, deny, retract; see abandon 2 , discard , disinherit . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 46re|pu´di|a´tor — re|pu|di|ate «rih PYOO dee ayt», transitive verb, at|ed, at|ing. 1. to refuse to accept; reject: »to repudiate a doctrine. The old man shook his head, gently repudiating the imputation (Dickens). SYNONYM(S): discla …

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  • 47re|pu|di|ate — «rih PYOO dee ayt», transitive verb, at|ed, at|ing. 1. to refuse to accept; reject: »to repudiate a doctrine. The old man shook his head, gently repudiating the imputation (Dickens). SYNONYM(S): discla …

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  • 48decline — I. verb (declined; declining) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French decliner, from Latin declinare to turn aside, inflect, from de + clinare to incline more at lean Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. archaic to turn from a straight… …

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  • 49Wedge strategy — The Wedge strategy is a political and social action plan authored by the Discovery Institute, the hub of the intelligent design movement. The strategy was put forth in a Discovery Institute manifesto known as the Wedge Document , [… …

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  • 50Alan Hays — D. Alan Hays (born March 12, 1946 in Henderson, Kentucky) is a Republican Representative in the House of Representatives of the U.S. state of Florida. Hays is a representative of Umatilla, located approximately 50 miles north of Orlando. He was… …

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