REPUDIATE

transitive verb (-ated; -ating) Etymology: Latin repudiatus, past participle of repudiare, from repudium rejection of a prospective spouse, divorce, probably from re- + pudēre to shame Date: 1545 to divorce or separate formally from (a woman), to refuse to have anything to do with ; disown , 3. to refuse to accept, to reject as untrue or unjust , to refuse to acknowledge or pay , see: decline repudiator noun