repudiate

• Now, Mr. Tait had taken precisely this same position in his letters to the Alliance Secretary, previous to the meeting with the committee, and even in the minutes of the meeting, as above given, it is said, "The Canadian Pacific Railway distinctly repudiate--_as they have done from the commencement of the discussion_--the expressions used by Assistant Superintendent Brady." —  The Story of a Dark Plot or Tyranny on the Frontier
• Such repudiate, and justly, the name of theists: but they decline, and justly, the name of atheists. —  Westminster Sermons with a Preface
• That which Agnostics deny and repudiate, as immoral, is the contrary doctrine, that there are propositions which men ought to believe, without logically satisfactory evidence; and that reprobation ought to attach to the profession of disbelief in such inadequately supported propositions. —  Collected Essays, Volume V Science and Christian Tradition: Essays
• But men sometimes act on ideas they repudiate, and with very good results Whatever the merits or demerits of the Retreat might be, it was just the place Stafford wanted. —  Father Stafford
• It is not noble to repudiate, your Grace. —  The Mississippi Bubble

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