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as in denial
a refusal to confirm the truth of a statement
voters seemed satisfied by the candidate's public repudiation of the beliefs of an organization to which he had briefly belonged as a youth
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as in refusal
the act or practice of giving up or rejecting something once enjoyed or desired
New Year's resolutions typically include the repudiation of chocolate and other indulgences and the promise to resume working out at the gym
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Recent Examples of repudiation
Pernicious racial politics and illiberal impulses of tribalism have poisoned American society for so long that a decisive repudiation from top down is required.
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Wenyuan Wu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Taken together, the three resignations were a striking repudiation of the Trump administration’s effort to force the dismissal of the charges against the mayor, who has argued that the prosecution was politically motivated.
—James Barron, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
This show is a repudiation of that fear, a way for Gulman to talk through how he’s tried to reclaim some confidence, to move past the childhood wound of being unsupported and underestimated.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
The decision by President Trump to impose sweeping tariffs on Mexico and Canada is a stark repudiation of his own approach between 2017 and 2020.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025
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Wenyuan Wu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Taken together, the three resignations were a striking repudiation of the Trump administration’s effort to force the dismissal of the charges against the mayor, who has argued that the prosecution was politically motivated.
—James Barron, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
This show is a repudiation of that fear, a way for Gulman to talk through how he’s tried to reclaim some confidence, to move past the childhood wound of being unsupported and underestimated.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
The decision by President Trump to impose sweeping tariffs on Mexico and Canada is a stark repudiation of his own approach between 2017 and 2020.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repudiation
Noun
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This story was updated to reflect Citadel’s denial of having any interest in purchasing the townhouses from the receivership.—
Linda Robertson,
Miami Herald,
2 Mar. 2025
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Thanks to the stunt world, today’s action genre has become an assertion of humanity, instead of a denial of it.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Many members of the Democrats' more establishment wing opposed the use of disruptive tactics and opted for silent forms of protest such as outfit coordination and refusal to clap.—
Andrew Solender,
Axios,
4 Mar. 2025
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At the same time, Ani’s defiant refusal to warm to her assailant feeds into another rom-com formula: the love story that flowers out of an adversarial relationship.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Despite facing rejection, including a harsh encounter with a former instructor, Hackman remained determined.—
Megan Cartwright,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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Other Republicans were more blunt in their rejection of the idea.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC News,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Enacted after the Civil War as a renunciation of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford, which held that Black people are not citizens of the U.S., the birthright citizenship clause has been relatively uncontested since 1868.—
Henry Gass,
The Christian Science Monitor,
30 Jan. 2025
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So the practice of love turns on a renunciation of control.—
Sean Illing,
Vox,
9 Dec. 2024
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The feats, the ecstasies, the prostrations and abnegations.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2025
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The explicit and quasi-religious abnegation of the right to violent self-defense put the national committee at odds with one of its key allies during the Saturday march: Black Lives Matter.—
Samantha Eyler,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Jan. 2017
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“Repudiation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repudiation. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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