[re.pu.di.ate] vt -at.ed ; -at.ing [L repudiatus, pp. of repudiare, fr. repudium rejection of a prospective spouse, divorce, prob. fr. re- + pudere to shame] (1545) 1: to divorce or separate formally from (a woman)
2: to refuse to have anything to do with: disown 3 a: to refuse to accept; esp: to reject as unauthorized or as having no binding force b: to reject as untrue or unjust "~ a charge"
4: to refuse to acknowledge or pay syn see decline -- re.pu.di.a.tor n