repudiate
(verb) refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; “The woman repudiated the divorce settlement”
disown, renounce, repudiate
(verb) cast off; “She renounced her husband”; “The parents repudiated their son”
repudiate
(verb) reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; “She repudiated the accusations”
repudiate
(verb) refuse to recognize or pay; “repudiate a debt”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
repudiate (third-person singular simple present repudiates, present participle repudiating, simple past and past participle repudiated)
(transitive) To reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
Synonyms: deny, contradict, gainsay
(transitive) To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown.
Synonyms: disavow, forswear, Thesaurus:repudiate
(transitive) To refuse to pay or honor (a debt).
Synonym: welsh
(intransitive) To be repudiated.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*pu"di*ate (-t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repudiated (-`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Repudiating.] Etym: [L. repudiatus, p. p. of repudiare to repudiate, reject, fr. repudium separation, divorce; pref. re- re- + pudere to be ashamed.]
1. To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject. Servitude is to be repudiated with greater care. Prynne.
2. To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry. His separation from Terentis, whom he repudiated not long afterward. Bolingbroke.
3. To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 May 2024
(verb) leave or give by will after one’s death; “My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry”; “My grandfather left me his entire estate”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
