Both Uses
repudiate
in
War and Peace
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- He could not disavow his actions, ... so he had to repudiate truth, goodness, and all humanity.
Chpt 10 *repudiate = strongly reject
- now claimed the glory of having hinted that he would burn Moscow and now repudiated the deed;†
Chpt 11repudiated = strongly rejected
Definitions:
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(1)
(repudiate) strong rejection -- especially when the idea or thing being rejected was once embraced
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)