English → Latin
“repudiate” in Latin
repudiōto cast off, reject, repudiate, disdain, rebuffspernōto move aside, push away; to sever, separate, remove; to despise, reject, scorn, spurnāspernorto cast off, turn away, avert, repel; to cast off, spurn, despise, disdain, scorn; to refuse, reject, declinerespuōto spit or spew out; to reject or refuserecūsōto refuse, decline, reject; to protest, objectrenuōto nod the head backwards (as a sign of refusal); to deny, oppose, disapprove, reject, decline, refuseabnuōto say no, to nod in negation; to refuse, reject; to deny
The English word repudiate itself goes back to Latin pudeō, through repudiātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
repudiate
To reject, repudiare (to reject as worthless or bad): spernere (opposed to concupiscere): aspernari (opposed to appetere): respuere (with loathing or disgust): aspernari ac respuere: rejicere (to turn back): recusare: renuere: abnuere (to refuse).
To divorce, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for repudiate?
- The usual Latin words for “repudiate” are repudiō, spernō, āspernor; also respuō, recūsō, renuō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.