REPUDIATE

(verb) refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
"The woman repudiated the divorce settlement"
(verb) cast off
"She renounced her husband", "The parents repudiated their son"
synonyms : disown , renounce
(verb) reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust
"She repudiated the accusations"
(verb) refuse to recognize or pay
"repudiate a debt"

Mnemonics

(Tag: ) divide this word into repud(sounds simillar to repute....reputation)+iate....sounds like eat...eaten(past parciple).........eaten...means decrease..in sth.....and when reputation decreases ?when you get invove in doing bad things....so to save your r
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(Tag: ) re(reject....)+pudi...(pudding..a sweet dish given after meal)...ate......past participle of eat.....well anyone who reject to eat a cake pudding is surly a fool.
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(Tag: ) i was giving him his reputation, ( repu dia) but he only refused or repudiated !! wat can i do
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(Tag: ) repudiate ~ refuse ~ reject
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(Tag: ) repud(refused)+iate(to eat) = refused to take anymore or acknowledge
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