Verbiage - June 15, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 11:00AM
Rob Dean in Denied, Encino Man, Megan Ward, Rejection, Repudiate, Sean Astin, Verbiage

Today's word of the day is Repudiate:

re·pu·di·ate

[ri-pyoo-dee-eyt]  

–verb (used with object), -at·ed, -at·ing.

  1. to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
  2.  to cast off or disown: to repudiate a son.
  3.  to reject with disapproval or condemnation: to repudiate a new doctrine.
  4. to reject with denial: to repudiate a charge as untrue.
  5. to refuse to acknowledge and pay (a debt), as a state, municipality, etc.
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