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.
REPUDIATION Re*pu`di*a"tion (-*"shn), n. Etym: [Cf.F. répudiation, L. repudiatio.]
Defn: The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as, the repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc.
REPUDIATION
Re*pu`di*a"tion, n.
Defn: One who favors repudiation, especially of a public debt.
REPUDIATOR
Re*pu"di*a`tor (r-p"d-`tr), n. Etym: [L., a rejecter, contemner.]
Defn: One who repudiates.
REPUGN Re*pugn" (r-pn"), v. t. Etym: [F. répugner, L. repugnare, repugnatum; pref. re- + pugnare to fight. See Pugnacious.]
Defn: To fight against; to oppose; to resist. [R.]
Stubbornly he did repugn the truth. Shak.