Thesaurus: repudiate

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1. v. t. To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject.
2. v. t. To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry.
3. v. t. To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts.
4. v. cast off
5. v. refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
6. v. refuse to recognize or pay
7. v. reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust
8. 1. To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject. Servitude is to be repudiated with greater care. Prynne. 2. To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry. His separation from Terentis, whom he repudiated not long afterward. Bolingbroke. 3. To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts.
9. v:100 v. refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid v. refuse to recognize or pay v. reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust