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Origin
Latin repudiatus, past participle of repudiare, from repudium rejection of a prospective spouse, divorce, probably from re- + pudēre to shame
Definition
- 1 : to divorce or separate formally from (a woman)
- 2: to refuse to have anything to do with : disown
- 3a : to refuse to accept; especially : to reject as unauthorized or as having no binding force <repudiate a contract>
- b : to reject as untrue or unjust <repudiate a charge>
- 4: to refuse to acknowledge or pay <repudiate a debt>
Other forms
- Repudiation (custom), the formal act by which a husband forcibly renounces his wife in certain cultures and religions
- Disownment, the formal act by which a parent forcibly renounces his child
- Anticipatory repudiation is a term in the law of contracts that describes a declaration by one party (the promising party) to a contract that they do not intend to live up to their obligations under the contract
- Non-repudiation is the concept of ensuring that a party in a dispute cannot repudiate, or refute the validity of a statement or contract
- Repudiation (religion), the act of refusing and no longer accepting a philosophical or religious doctrine