Repudiated

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Repudiate \Re*pu"di*ate\ (r[-e]*p[=u]"d[i^]*[=a]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.]
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     1. To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to
        renounce; to reject.
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              Servitude is to be repudiated with greater care.
                                                    --Prynne.
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     2. To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman
        one has promised to marry.
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              His separation from Terentis, whom he repudiated not
              long afterward.                       --Bolingbroke.
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     3. To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the
        State has repudiated its debts.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  repudiated
       adj : any connection is denied [syn: {disowned}]