2. Adjective. rejected as untrue or unjust ¹
3. Adjective. divorced such as by a spouse ¹
4. Verb. (past of repudiate) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Repudiated
1. repudiate [v] - See also: repudiate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Repudiated
Literary usage of Repudiated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1872)
"I have seen that which I never expected to see ; I have seen the man who repudiated
your candidate of 1852, who spit upon your platform then, at the head of ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1909)
"The jury having repudiated the defendant's plea of self- defense, he Is fortunate,
upon the evidence adduced, that he escaped with a conviction for ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"... that if you have brought with you to London the necessary funds to pay off,
principal and interest, the repudiated millions owing to our people by your ..."
4. Southern History of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1866)
"Sherman's " basis of negotiations" repudiated nt Washington.—The policy of the
Northern Government unmasked.—Sherman's reply. ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... but Johnson would have vigorously repudiated any charge of romanticism in his
work, and indeed he stood as a great bulwark against the flood of new ..."
6. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"when asked if he purposed violence to the shrine, repudiated as the grossest
insult the idea that he could desecrate the place where rests the spirit of' ..."
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