Repudiate

rē-pū′di-āt, v.t. to reject: to disclaim, as liability for debt: to disavow: to divorce.— adj. Repū′diable , that may be repudiated: fit to be rejected.— ns. Repudiā′tion , the act of repudiating: rejection: an unprincipled method for the extinction of a debt by simply refusing to acknowledge the obligation: the state of being repudiated; Repudiā′tionist ; Repū′diātor . [L. repudiāre , -ātum — repudium — re- , away, pudēre , to be ashamed.]