Both Uses of
repudiate
in
The Idiot
- he had repudiated the demon as he walked to the house, and his heart had been full of joy.
Chpt 2.5 *repudiated = strongly rejected
- "Oh, but I'm sorry you repudiate the confession, Hippolyte—it is sincere; and, do you know, even the absurd parts of it—and these are many" (here Hippolyte frowned savagely) "are, as it were, redeemed by suffering—for it must have cost you something to admit what you there say—great torture, perhaps, for all I know.†
Chpt 4.5repudiate = strongly reject
Definition:
strong rejection -- especially when the idea or thing being rejected was once embraced