Both Uses of
repudiate
in
Les Miserables
- Incontestably fond of his country, but preferring his family; assuming more domination than authority and more authority than dignity, a disposition which has this unfortunate property, that as it turns everything to success, it admits of ruse and does not absolutely repudiate baseness, but which has this valuable side, that it preserves politics from violent shocks, the state from fractures, and society from catastrophes; minute, correct, vigilant, attentive, sagacious, indefatigable; contradicting himself at times and giving himself the lie; bold against Austria at Ancona, obstinate against England in Spain†
Chpt 4.1repudiate = strongly reject
- It was denounced and repudiated there.
Chpt 4.1 *repudiated = strongly rejected
Definition:
strong rejection -- especially when the idea or thing being rejected was once embraced