Repudiate

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Are we really that uneducated that we don't recognize from inference, the meaning of the word?

repudiate |riˈpyoōdēˌāt|
verb [ trans. ]
refuse to accept or be associated with : she has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders.
• deny the truth or validity of : the minister repudiated allegations of human rights abuses.
• chiefly Law refuse to fulfill or discharge (an agreement, obligation, or debt) : breach of a condition gives the other party the right to repudiate a contract.
• (esp. in the past or in non-Christian religions) divorce (one's wife).
DERIVATIVES
repudiation |riˌpyoōdēˈā sh ən| |rəˈpjudiˈeɪʃən| |riˈpjudiˈeɪʃən| |-ˈeɪʃ(ə)n| noun
repudiator |-ˌātər| |rəˈpjudiˈeɪdər| |riˈpjudiˈeɪdər| noun
ORIGIN late Middle English (originally an adjective in the sense [divorced] ): from Latin repudiatus ‘divorced, cast off,’ from repudium ‘divorce.’
USAGE See usage at refute.