Let us labor for that larger and larger comprehension of truth, that more and more thorough repudiation of error, which shall make the history of mankind a series of ascending developments.
Source: tatoeba (7482059)
Repudiation
//ɹɪˌpjuːdɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n//
Synonyms for "repudiation" (157 found)
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Related words (78)
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Noun(1 words)
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20 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- отричане noun (refusing)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 拒絕 /拒绝 noun (refusing)
Dutch
2 entries- afwijzing noun (refusing)
- ontkenning noun (refusing)
Finnish
2 entries- kieltäminen noun (refusing)
- torjuminen noun (refusing)
French
1 entries- répudiation noun (refusing)
German
2 entries- Ablehnung noun (refusing)
- Zurückweisung noun (refusing)
Icelandic
2 entries- höfnun noun (refusing)
- neitun noun (refusing)
Japanese
2 entries- 否認 noun (refusing)
- 拒否 noun (refusing)
Korean
1 entries- 부인 noun (refusing)
Latin
2 entries- repudium noun (refusing)
- repudiātiō noun (refusing)
Russian
1 entries- отка́з noun (refusing)
Spanish
3 entries- rechazo noun (refusing)
- repudiación noun (refusing)
- repudio noun (refusing)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
This fetishism of the parliamentary majority represents a brutal repudiation, not only of the dictatorship of the proletariat, but of Marxism and of the revolution altogether.
Source: tatoeba (11678576)
The young man's repudiation of the church's doctrines caused a conflict with his religious parents.
Source: wiktionary
Santorum, in a comment regarding Senator John McCain's repudiation of torture, stated, "He doesn't understand how enhanced interrogation works. I mean, you break somebody, and after they've broken they become cooperative" (Summers 2011).
Source: wiktionary
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