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(-?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. スポンサード リンク
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