refudiate

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refudiate

/ɹɪˈfjuː.di.eɪt/ US, UK
/ɹəˈ-/ US, UK

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Blend of refute + repudiate. Often associated with Sarah Palin's infamous 2010 lapsus linguae. A few rare attestations predate the 1970s. Since then the word has been uncommon although not rare, but many written occurrences of the word focus on prescriptively repudiating its use; it remains nonstandard.

verb refudiates · refudiating · refudiated

nonstandard To repudiate, to oppose. Blends are the simplest kind of slip of the tongue […] some examples […] "refudiating" (refuting + repudiating).

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"refudiate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/refudiate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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refudiate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/refudiate

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"refudiate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/refudiate.

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@misc{refudiate_2026,
  title = {refudiate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/refudiate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}