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repudiate |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Repudiate \Re*pu"di*ate\ (-?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.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: repudiate v 1: cast off or disown: "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" [syn: {renounce}] 2: refuse to acknowledge or recognize; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement"
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