*repudiate*

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Repudiated p. pr. & vb. n. Repudiating. ] [ L. repudiatus, p. p. of repudiare to repudiate, reject, fr. repudium separation, divorce; pref. re- re- + pudere to be ashamed. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject. [ 1913 Webster ]

Servitude is to be repudiated with greater care. Prynne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry. [ 1913 Webster ]

His separation from Terentis, whom he repudiated not long afterward. Bolingbroke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts. [ 1913 Webster ]