repudiate
verb
[ rɪˈpjuːdɪeɪt ]
• refuse to accept; reject.
• "she has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders"
Similar:
reject,
renounce,
abandon,
forswear,
give up,
turn one's back on,
have nothing more to do with,
wash one's hands of,
have no more truck with,
abjure,
disavow,
recant,
desert,
discard,
disown,
cast off,
lay aside,
cut off,
rebuff,
forsake,
disprofess,
• deny the truth or validity of.
• "the minister repudiated allegations of human rights abuses"
Similar:
deny,
refute,
contradict,
rebut,
dispute,
disclaim,
disavow,
dismiss,
brush aside,
gainsay,
controvert,
negate,
Origin:
late Middle English (originally an adjective in the sense ‘divorced’): from Latin repudiatus ‘divorced, cast off’, from repudium ‘divorce’.
