repudiated

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Similarly, the price of Russian bonds went up, not down, for months after the new Communist government repudiated Russia’s debt in 1918, virtually wiping it out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

Without the old-claim bar, federal prisoners are no longer automatically foreclosed from re-presenting claims that were previously rejected under legal assumptions the Supreme Court has since repudiated.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2026

His approach to international relations also contrasts starkly with neighbouring regimes, who have cultivated close security ties with Russia and repudiated their previous close partnerships with France.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

In 2017, Brady’s then-wife, Gisele Bündchen, told CBS’ Charlie Rose that Brady had suffered a concussion in 2016, a trauma that had not been disclosed to the NFL, which repudiated Bündchen’s claims.

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2025

From the perspective south of the Potomac, of course, these were the institutions and symbols the American Revolution had supposedly repudiated forever.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis