repudiate

/ɹipˈjudiˌeɪt/

to refuse to accept or be associated with

repudiate in a sentence

“The candidate repudiated the controversial remarks.”

Latin repudiare to reject, divorce from repudium divorce from re- back + pudere to be ashamed

Related Words

denounce

to publicly declare to be wrong or evil

decry

to publicly denounce; criticize openly

condemn

to express complete disapproval of

impugn

to dispute the truth or validity of

refute

to prove a statement or theory wrong

rebut

to claim or prove something false