Literary notes about Repudiated (AI summary)
Literary usage of "repudiated" spans a diverse range of contexts, from the formal renunciation of political treaties and legal obligations to the personal disowning of relationships and ideas. The term is often employed to denote a decisive, sometimes dramatic, rejection—whether it be a ruler dismissing an imposed charter [1] or a philosopher discarding outdated metaphysical principles [2]. It also appears in narratives to highlight the emotional and social fallout of severing ties, as seen when a husband disavows a marital bond [3] or characters in a novel confront their own repudiated beliefs and responsibilities [4]. In political and legal discourses, "repudiated" paints a picture of power dynamically undoing established connections, evidenced by nullifications of treaties or legislative acts [5][6][7]. Thus, the word serves as a multifaceted tool to convey repudiation in both personal and public arenas.
- Lord Baltimore repudiated its acts, on the ground that they were not proposed by him, as the charter directed.
— from History of the United States, Volume 1 by Elisha Benjamin Andrews - That also which is called the Pyrrhonean is repudiated by many writers, on account of the obscurity of its principles.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius - My parents married me to the son of the God of the River Ching, but my husband, misled by the slanders of the servants, repudiated me.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. Werner - He repudiated all share in the world as it was to be, and yet he could not detect the point where his responsibility began or ended.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams - In particular the viscounty of Béarn, now held by the Count of Foix, repudiated all allegiance to its English overlord.
— from The History of EnglandFrom the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by T. F. (Thomas Frederick) Tout - The anti-slavery party repudiated this legislature, alleging, with some truth, that frauds and violence had been committed in the election.
— from Life of James Buchanan, Fifteenth President of the United States. v. 2 (of 2) by George Ticknor Curtis - We had an alliance with Aguinaldo, a most “compromising” alliance and afterwards repudiated it.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. Blount
