Both Uses of
repudiate
in
War and Peace
- 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
Definition:
strong rejection -- especially when the idea or thing being rejected was once embraced