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Deny resistance over English dessert one consumed (9)

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I believe the answer is:

repudiate

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'resistance over english dessert one consumed' is the wordplay.
'resistance' becomes 'r' (electronics abbreviation).
'over english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation as in OED. I am not sure about the 'over' bit.).
'dessert' becomes 'pud' (short for pudding).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'consumed' becomes 'ate' (to eat is to consume food).
'r'+'e'+'pud'+'i'+'ate'='REPUDIATE'

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(Other definitions for repudiate that I've seen before include "Reject and refuse to acknowledge" , "Renounce, disown" , "Reject as untrue or unjust" , "Deny the truth of (something)" , "Make a disclaimer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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