Repudiate /(rē̇*pū"dĭ*āt)/

Re·pu·di·ate

Repudiate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Repudiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Repudiating

  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.