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whakakorekore

1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to disqualify, abandon, call off, delete, deny, abolish, cancel, undo, nullify, annihilate, dispense with, quash, disband, repudiate, dismiss, repeal.

I ngā nohoanga o te kōti i te Rohe Pōtae i te tau 1886 i whakakorekore noatia e Ōmipi ngā kanohi o Tāwhiao (TTR 1994:74). / At the court hearing in the King Country in 1886, Ormsby repudiated Tawhiao's representatives.

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


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

E tika ana rānei tā koutou whakakorekore i tēnei rā i ā koutou tukunga o mua? (TWMNT 19/6/1872:82). / Is your repudiation today of the things you allowed previously right?

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

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