Found 2 items, similar to repudiate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: repudiate repudiate v 1: cast off or disown; “She renounced her husband”; “The parents repudiated their son” [syn: renounce] 2: refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; “The woman repudiated the divorce settlement” 3: refuse to recognize or pay; “repudiate a debt” 4: reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; “She repudiated the accusations”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Repudiate 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.] [1913 Webster] 1. To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject. [1913 Webster] Servitude is to be repudiated with greater care. --Prynne. [1913 Webster] 2. To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry. [1913 Webster] His separation from Terentis, whom he repudiated not long afterward. --Bolingbroke. [1913 Webster] 3. To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts. [1913 Webster]