repudiate
/rɪˈpjuːdɪeɪt/verb
with obj.
1- refuse to accept or be associated with拒绝接受, 拒绝与…往来：
she has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders.
她拒绝接受与前任党魁有关的政策。
1.1
- deny the truth or validity of否定, 驳斥：
the minister repudiated allegations of human rights abuses.
部长驳斥了关于践蹋人权的说法。
1.2
- chiefly Law refuse to fulfil or discharge (an agreement, obligation, or debt)【主律】拒绝履行（协议, 义务）; 拒绝清偿（债务）：
breach of a condition gives the other party the right to repudiate a contract.
如一方违反某一条件, 另一方有权拒绝履行合约。
1.3
- (especially in the past or in non-Christian religions) divorce (one's wife)（尤指旧时或非基督教宗教的）休（妻）。
派生词
repudiation
nounrepudiator
noun词源
late Middle English （originally an adjective in the sense 'divorced'）： from Latin repudiatus 'divorced, cast off', from repudium 'divorce'.