transitive. = repudiate, v. (chiefly in sense 1b). Also intransitive.

transitive. To renounce or forsake (a person, god, etc.); spec. to repudiate or divorce (a spouse). Obsolete.

transitive. Of a man: to divorce, dismiss, or reject (a wife or bride).

To discard, reject; esp. (as Latin dīmittĕre) to put away, repudiate (a wife). Also absol.

transitive. To repudiate or divorce (a spouse); to reverse or undo marriage to (a partner).