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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Repudiate

/(rē̇*pū"dĭ*āt)/ · Re·pu·di·ate · IPA /ɹɪˈpjuː.di.eɪt/
01 v. t. To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject.
imp. & p. p. Repudiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Repudiating
  1. 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. 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. 3.
    To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts.