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Repudiate
Pronunciation : Re*pu"di*ate (-t)
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. repudiatus, p. p. of repudiare to repudiate, reject, fr. repudium separation, divorce; pref. re- re- + pudere to be ashamed.]
Definition : 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Repudiated (-`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Repudiating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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