repudiate
v. US //ɹipˈjudiˌeɪt// UK //ɹɪpjˈuːdɪˌeɪt// re·pu·di·ate
First attested in 1543; from Latin repudiātus, the perfect passive participle of repudiō (“to cast off, reject”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from repudium (“rejection, repudiation, divorce”).