Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (v. t.) To have nothing to do with; to cast off; to disavow; to renounce; to reject.

2. (v. t.) To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry.

3. (v. t.) To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts.