repudiate

动词 repudiate:

1. cast off or disown
   同义词：renounce
2. refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
3. refuse to recognize or pay
4. reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust

1. He repudiated the court's decision to offer bail.
   他不接受法庭的保释裁决。

re.pu.di.ate

v.tr.（及物动词）
re.pu.di.at.ed,re.pu.di.at.ing,re.pu.di.ates
To reject the validity or authority of:
拒绝接受：拒绝接受…的效力或权力：
例句：
.Chaucer . . . not only came to doubt the worth of his extraordinary body of work, but repudiated it.(Joyce Carol Oates)
.乔叟…不仅开始怀疑他的庞大的作品体系的价值，而且拒绝接受它.(乔伊丝·卡罗尔·奥茨)

To reject emphatically as unfounded, untrue, or unjust:
否定：断然公认为是无根据的、不真实的或不公平的：
例句：
repudiated the accusation.
驳斥控诉

To refuse to recognize or pay:
拒付：拒绝承认或清偿：
例句：
repudiate a debt.
拒绝清偿债务

To disown (a child, for example).
抛弃：声明与（如孩子）断绝关系
To refuse to have any dealings with.
与…断绝关系：拒绝与…有任何交往

来源：
Latin repudi3re repudi3t-
拉丁语 repudi3re repudi3t-
from repudium [divorce]
源自 repudium [离婚]

【引伸】
repu.dia.tive
adj.（形容词）
repu.dia.tor
n.（名词）