Having fully embraced the belief that government by persuasion is preferable to government by coercion, the leaders of the movement have recently ______ most of the previous statements supporting totalitarianism.
考查动词辨析。A项issue“发行，发布，发给”，B项repudiate“拒绝，否定”，C项demonstrate“证明，展示”，D项deliberate“仔细考虑，商议”。根据前半句的意思“完全接受了说服政府比强迫政府更可取的信念”，可知，对于后半句中的______ most of the previous statements supporting totalitarianism（______ 以前大多数支持极权主义的声明）应该是表示“否认”，B项符合。句意：该运动的领导人完全接受了说服政府比强迫政府更可取的信念，最近他们否认了以前大多数支持极权主义的声明。因此，该题选择B项。
