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whākorekore

1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to cause not to be, deny, refute, repudiate, disqualify, abandon, call off, delete, abolish, cancel, undo, nullify, annihilate, dispense with, quash, disband, dismiss, repeal.

Kua tapaa ko te "Hunga Whākorekore" he ingoa mō ngā tāngata o te rāwhiti e whākorekore ana ki tō rātou hokonga i ō rātou whenua) (TWMNT 19/7/1879:448). / The Repudiation Movement is the name that has been used for the people of the east who are repudiating the sale of their lands.

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Synonyms: whawhati, whakakāhore, pēhipēhi, tāmi, tātāmi, pīrere, whakarere, whakakorekore, waiho, whakakore, awaiho


2. (noun) denial, disavowal, disqualification, abandonment, cancellation, deletion, abolishment, annihilation, disbandonment, repudiation, dismissal, repeal.

He whākorekore ki te tuhinga ingoa ki ngā pukapuka tuku whenua (TWMNT 15/10/1873:125). / Denials of having signed land deeds.

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Synonyms: whakakāhoretanga, whakarere, whakakorekore, mahuetanga, whakarerenga, whakakore, whakareretanga

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