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repudiate 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
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/riˈpyo͞odēˌāt/,
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repudiates, 3rd person singular present; repudiated, past tense; repudiated, past participle; repudiating, present participle;
  1. Refuse to accept or be associated with
    • - she has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders
  2. Deny the truth or validity of
    • - the minister repudiated allegations of human rights abuses
  3. Refuse to fulfill or discharge (an agreement, obligation, or debt)
    • - breach of a condition gives the other party the right to repudiate a contract
  4. (esp. in the past or in non-Christian religions) Divorce (one's wife)

  1. disown: cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"
  2. refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement"
  3. refuse to recognize or pay; "repudiate a debt"
  4. reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; "She repudiated the accusations"
  5. (repudiation) rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated"
  6. (repudiation) refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities); "the repudiation of the debt by the city"
  7. (repudiation) the exposure of falseness or pretensions; "the debunking of religion has been too successful"
  8. Anticipatory repudiation, also called an anticipatory breach, is a term in the law of contracts that describes a declaration by the promising party to a contract, that he or she does not intend to live up to his or her obligations under the contract.
  9. (Repudiation (cryptography)) In cryptography, deniable authentication refers to authentication between a set of participants where the participants themselves can be confident in the authenticity of the messages, but it cannot be proved to a third party after the event.
  10. To reject the truth or validity of something; to deny; To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown; To refuse to pay or honor (a debt)
  11. (repudiation) The act of refusing to accept; the act of repudiating
  12. (repudiation) (I) Denial by a system entity that was involved in an association (especially an association that transfers information) of having participated in the relationship. ...
  13. (Repudiation) An act or declaration which clearly indicates that a party will not perform an act that a contract requires is performed in the future.
  14. (repudiation) Fundamental breach of contract: an employer or employee who has acted in fundamental breach of the contract of employment is said to have repudiated it.
  15. (Repudiation) The rejection or refusal of a duty, relation, right, or privilege.
  16. (Repudiation) A party who repudiates a contract effectively puts his hands up and says: 'I'm not able or don't want to perform anymore. I may have to pay you damages but let's bring this contract to an end. ...
  17. (Repudiation) Rejection of a claim by the insurer, which usually happens for suppression of material facts.
  18. (Repudiation) The denial by someone who did something in a system (e.g. sent a message) that he actually did perform that action.
  19. (Repudiation) Unwillingness or inability to perform the obligations of the lease.
  20. (Repudiation) a rejection or refusal. The 'widget' company may repudiate its contract with the 'gadget' company. It means that the 'widget' company is refusing to be bound by the terms of the contract. This may or may not be legal.
  21. Repudiation is a doctrine of the law of contracts. It “more commonly . . . refers to an unlawful renunciation of a contract while rescission refers to the lawful renunciation of a contract.” See McManamon v Crossan (1979), 24 Nfld & PEIR 419. ...
  22. Source repudiation is the denial of transmission of a message by the alleged source.  Destination repudiation is the denial of receipt of a message of the alleged recipient.
  23. (v.) to reject, refuse to accept (Kwame made a strong case for an extension of his curfew, but his mother repudiated it with a few biting words.)
  24. (v) - to reject, to ignore authority; to disown
  25. (v): to reject with disapproval, condemnation, or denial