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rɪˈpjuːdɪeɪt/
v.
- refuse to accept or be associated with.
- deny the truth or validity of.
- chiefly Law refuse to fulfil or discharge (an agreement, obligation, or debt).
- archaic disown or divorce (one's wife).
Derivative
- repudiation n.
- repudiator n.
- repudiatory
/rɪˈpjuːdɪəˌt(ə)ri/
adj. (Law ).
Etymology
ME (orig. an adj. in the sense ‘divorced’): from L. repudiatus ‘divorced, cast off’, from repudium ‘divorce’.