Re*pu"di*ate (-?t), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Repudiated (-?`t?d); p. pr. & vb.
n. Repudiating.] [L. repudiatus, p. p. of
repudiare to repudiate, reject, fr. repudium separation,
divorce; pref. re- re- + pudere to be ashamed.]
1. To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to
do with; to renounce; to reject.
Servitude is to be repudiated with greater
care.
Prynne.
2. To divorce, put away, or discard, as a
wife, or a woman one has promised to marry.
His separation from Terentis, whom he repudiated
not long afterward.
Bolingbroke.
3. To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to
disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts.
Re*pu"di*ate (-?t), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Repudiated (-?`t?d); p. pr. & vb.
n. Repudiating.] [L. repudiatus, p. p. of
repudiare to repudiate, reject, fr. repudium separation,
divorce; pref. re- re- + pudere to be ashamed.]
1. To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to
do with; to renounce; to reject.
Servitude is to be repudiated with greater
care.
Prynne.
2. To divorce, put away, or discard, as a
wife, or a woman one has promised to marry.
His separation from Terentis, whom he repudiated
not long afterward.
Bolingbroke.
3. To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to
disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts.
