All 4 Uses
repudiate
in
Man And Superman
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- I warn you that if you attempt to repudiate your responsibility, I shall suspect you of finding the play too decorous for your taste.†
Chpt Ded.repudiate = strongly reject
- Richard III, too, is delightful as the whimsical comedian who stops a funeral to make love to the corpse's widow; but when, in the next act, he is replaced by a stage villain who smothers babies and offs with people's heads, we are revolted at the imposture and repudiate the changeling.†
Chpt Ded.
- [repudiating this humiliating misconception] Oh no, no, no: nothing of the kind, I assure you†
Chpt 3repudiating = rejecting strongly
- I, who repudiated all duty, trampled honor underfoot, and laughed at justice!
Chpt 3 *repudiated = 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)