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• v  cast off
  The parents repudiated their son
• v  refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
  The woman repudiated the divorce settlement
• v  refuse to recognize or pay
  repudiate a debt
• v  reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust
  She repudiated the accusations

• Jackie found her mentor's remarks deeply offensive and repudiated them.
• The eye witness was absolutely sure and refused to repudiate his account of the murder.
• The management let the union know that it did not repudiate any of its obligations towards its employees.

• disown
• renounce

News & Articles

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• Word of the Day for Wednesday, June 19, 2013
  abjure ab.jure ab joor Definition: (v) To recant, renounce, repudiate under oath.
  June 19, 2013 - Amarillo Globe-News

Quotes

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• John McCain in The Hill
  McCain said Thursday he finds Hagee's "remarks and others deeply offensive and indefensible, and I repudiate them."
• Jesse Jackson in WBKO
  Jackson's son, Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. said he was "deeply outraged and disappointed in Reverend Jackson's reckless statements. I thoroughly reject and repudiate his ugly rhetoric. He should keep hope alive and any personal attacks and insults...
• Hillary Rodham Clinton in Bloomberg
  I rejected what she said, and I certainly do repudiate it,Clinton told a group of black newspaper publishers tonight in Washington. "Obviously she does not speak for the campaign; she doesn't speak for any of my positions, and she has...