Semantics for 'refudiate'

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"I'll give it a try."

"repudiate. A, verb. 1, repudiate.

refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid

refute ( ) tr.v. , -futed , -futing , -futes.

To prove to be false or erroneous; overthrow by argument or proof:

refudiate. verb.

to refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid after having been proven to be false or erroneous.

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"Don't think so."

"Once you have actually 'refuted' something, 'repudiating' it is kind of redundant at best."

"And overthrowing by proof is in some respects the very opposite of simply refusing to even acknowledge it."

"In the latter, you are distancing yourself from a proposition, in the former, you are engaging it head on."

"Just don't think it works."

"We have reject, refute and repudiate. refudiate is just a mess."