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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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In 1990, after decades of denial by the Soviet Union, President Mikhail Gorbachev finally acknowledged the truth of those findings.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
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What the Check Host screenshots, or indeed the Telegram postings, cannot do is prove that Dark Storm is actually behind the X denial of service attacks.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The refusal to leave immigrants, trans kids, pregnant people or other vulnerable groups behind.—
Aparna Rae,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Why did the ceasefire break down? Both Israel and the Trump administration have blamed Hamas for the resumption of hostilities, citing the militant group's refusal to meet Israel's demand to release more hostages in return for the resumption of talks.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC News,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Black women business owners who apply for funding face a 3x higher rejection rate than that of white business owners according to recent data.—
Jasmine Browley,
Essence,
11 Mar. 2025
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Apparently undeterred by Greenland and Denmark’s rejection of his advances, Trump has repeatedly returned to the subject of the U.S.′ claim of ownership.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2025
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Erdoğan may need Kurdish support to run again Some analysts have said public suggestions by Erdoğan's political allies that Ocalan, the 75-year-old PKK leader, could be released in return for a renunciation of violence, form part of an effort to woo Kurdish voters.—
Willem Marx,
NPR,
1 Mar. 2025
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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
Noun
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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 24 Mar. 2025.
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