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Repudiating

Repudiate \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.

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vb. (present participle of repudiate English)

Usage examples of "repudiating".

He did not fall into disgrace with the people for repudiating his wife.

That even iteration rose from somewhere beyond her, repudiating her desire for sleep, demanding that she take it into account.