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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
This isn’t a reflection on age so much as a repudiation of it.
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Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
The election results were at least in part a repudiation of institutional authorities (the federal government, our public-health apparatus, the media), and crypto helped deliver them: The industry formed a super PAC that raised more than $200 million to support crypto-friendly politicians.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
Other California reform advocates, however, rejected the idea that the election results were a repudiation of progressive policies.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Each side has murdered a child of the other, and there’s no amount of repudiation that could fix it.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 30 June 2024
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Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
The election results were at least in part a repudiation of institutional authorities (the federal government, our public-health apparatus, the media), and crypto helped deliver them: The industry formed a super PAC that raised more than $200 million to support crypto-friendly politicians.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
Other California reform advocates, however, rejected the idea that the election results were a repudiation of progressive policies.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Each side has murdered a child of the other, and there’s no amount of repudiation that could fix it.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 30 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for repudiation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for repudiation
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But, as Hurston must have understood on some level, there was little chance that Hollywood would touch her book, because the key move in her revision of Biblical history was the denial of the divinity of Jesus.Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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What To Know About Chris Wright Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Energy and Donald Trump's nominee for energy secretary, has faced criticism for his outspoken denial of the climate crisis and for Liberty Energy's involvement in a racial bias lawsuit, which was settled with federal authorities in 2024.John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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Martinez’s refusal to take out the loan led in part to his pending ouster, as the current seven-member board moved to fire him without cause in late December.Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
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On January 6, 2021, a group of violent rioters, stoked by Donald Trump’s refusal to accept his recent defeat, stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election, delaying the ceremonial Electoral College vote count.Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025
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Once that’s complete, the living cells are then processed away, leaving the artery structure behind, which can then be implanted in a new patient without risk of rejection.Alex Knapp, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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There was the blow of rejection by Southgate for Euro 2024.Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 9 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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Syria The large question hanging over our Syria policy is whether the rebel group chiefly responsible for toppling the Assad regime, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or Organization for the Liberation of the Levant, is sincere in its renunciation of terrorism and Taliban-style Islamism.Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 12 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 20 Jan. 2025.
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