repudiative

re·pu·di·ate  (r-pyd-t)

tr.v. re·pu·di·at·ed, re·pu·di·at·ing, re·pu·di·ates

1. To reject the validity or authority of: "Chaucer . . . not only came to doubt the worth of his extraordinary body of work, but repudiated it" (Joyce Carol Oates).

2. To reject emphatically as unfounded, untrue, or unjust: repudiated the accusation.

3. To refuse to recognize or pay: repudiate a debt.

4.

a. To disown (a child, for example).

b. To refuse to have any dealings with.

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[Latin repudire, repudit-, from repudium, divorce.]

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re·pudi·ative adj.

re·pudi·ator n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

repudiative - rejecting emphatically; e.g. refusing to pay or disowning; "a veto is a repudiative act" rejective - rejecting or tending to reject; "rejective or overcritical attitudes of disappointed parents"