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repudiated

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Repudiate \Re*pu"di*ate\ (-?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.

Source : WordNet®

repudiated
     adj : any connection is denied [syn: {disowned}]
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