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repudiate

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  1. decline               
 
re.pu.di.ate \ri-'pyu:d-e--.a-t\ \-.a-t-*r\ vt [L repudiatus, pp. of 
   repudiare, fr. repudium divorce] 1: to divorce or separate formally from (a 
   woman)  2: to refuse to have anything to do with : DISOWN  3a: to refuse to 
   accept; esp : to reject as unauthorized or as hav ing no binding force 3b: 
   to reject as untrue or unjust {~ a charge}  4: to refuse to acknowledge or 
   pay  - re.pu.di.a.tor n