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REPUDIATIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does repudiative mean?
• REPUDIATIVE (adjective)
The adjective REPUDIATIVE has 1 sense:
1. rejecting emphatically; e.g. refusing to pay or disowning
Familiarity information: REPUDIATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rejecting emphatically; e.g. refusing to pay or disowning
Context example:
a veto is a repudiative act
Similar:
rejective (rejecting or tending to reject)
Derivation:
repudiate (refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid)
repudiate (reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust)
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