refuse+to+acknowledge

  • 71pooh pooh — Synonyms and related words: barrack, bird, boo, chaff, cut, cut at, cut dead, dig at, dismiss, disregard, dump on, fleer, flout, gibe, give the go by, ignore, jab, jab at, jape, jeer, look right through, make little of, mock, neglect, overlook,… …

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  • 72slight — Synonyms and related words: Lenten, Spartan, abstemious, adulterated, affront, airy, ankle deep, ascetic, asinine, attenuate, attenuated, austere, bantam, be blind to, be caught out, be inattentive, be unwary, belittle, blink, blink at, boyish,… …

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  • 73deny — v. a. 1. Contradict, gainsay, declare to be untrue. 2. Renounce, abjure, disown, disavow, abnegate, refuse to acknowledge. 3. Withhold, refuse to grant …

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  • 74disown — v. a. 1. Disclaim, disavow, repudiate, renounce, reject, cast off, refuse to acknowledge. 2. Deny, disallow, refuse to admit …

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  • 75repudiate — v. a. 1. Discard, reject, renounce, cast off, disclaim, abjure, disavow. 2. Divorce, put away. 3. [Modern.] disown (debts), disclaim, refuse to pay, refuse to acknowledge …

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  • 76repudiate — re•pu•di•ate [[t]rɪˈpyu diˌeɪt[/t]] v. t. at•ed, at•ing 1) to reject as having no authority or binding force 2) to disown: to repudiate a son[/ex] 3) to reject with disapproval or condemnation 4) to reject with denial: to repudiate an… …

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  • 77turn a blind eye — verb refuse to acknowledge He turns a blind eye to the injustices in his office • Hypernyms: ↑dismiss, ↑disregard, ↑brush aside, ↑brush off, ↑discount, ↑push aside, ↑ignore …

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  • 78re|pu´di|a´tor — re|pu|di|ate «rih PYOO dee ayt», transitive verb, at|ed, at|ing. 1. to refuse to accept; reject: »to repudiate a doctrine. The old man shook his head, gently repudiating the imputation (Dickens). SYNONYM(S): discla …

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  • 79re|pu|di|ate — «rih PYOO dee ayt», transitive verb, at|ed, at|ing. 1. to refuse to accept; reject: »to repudiate a doctrine. The old man shook his head, gently repudiating the imputation (Dickens). SYNONYM(S): discla …

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  • 80Disacknowledge — Dis ac*knowl edge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disacknowledged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disacknowledging}.] To refuse to acknowledge; to deny; to disown. [Obs.] South. [1913 Webster] …

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