transitive verb repudiated -·at′ed, repudiating -·at′·ing

1. to refuse to have anything to do with; disown or cast off publicly
2. 1. to refuse to accept or support; deny the validity or authority of (a belief, a treaty, etc.)
   2. to deny the truth of (a charge, etc.)
3. to refuse to acknowledge or pay (a debt or obligation): said esp. of a government

Etymology: < L repudiatus, pp. of repudiare, to put away, divorce < repudium, separation, a divorce < re-, away, back + base of pudere, to feel shame