The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Repudiate \Re*pu"di*ate\ (r[-e]*p[=u]"d[i^]*[=a]t), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Repudiated (-?`t?d); 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.]
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1. To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to
renounce; to reject.
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Servitude is to be repudiated with greater care.
--Prynne.
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2. To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman
one has promised to marry.
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His separation from Terentis, whom he repudiated not
long afterward. --Bolingbroke.
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3. To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the
State has repudiated its debts.
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