To reject or refuse to acknowledge something, especially formally or publicly; to disown or disclaim. It implies strong, often official rejection of responsibility, authority, or validity.
From Latin 'repudiare,' from 'repudium' (divorce), originally meaning 'to cast off' or 'to divorce.' The word entered English in the 16th century, extending from marital rejection to general formal rejection of ideas, debts, or responsibilities.
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