Re-pu'di-āte, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. REPUDIATED; p. pr. & vb. n. REPUDIATING.] [Lat. repudiare, repudiatum, from re, again, and pudere, to be ashamed.]
Sense 1. To cast off and disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to discard; to reject.
Servitude is to be repudiated with greater care by us, that domination is effected by them. Pryme.
Sense 2. To put away; to divorce.
His separation from Terentia, whom he repudiated not long afterward, was perhaps an affliction to him at this time. Bolingbroke.
Sense 3. To refuse any longer to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the state has repudiated its debts. [Recent.]