repudiate
rih-PYOO-dee-aytverbMeaning to refuse to accept or be connected with
Memory hook re-PUDDLE-ate: toss it in the PUDDLE. Someone hands Dev a rude note signed with his name; he crumples it and tosses it into a puddle, shouting, “Not mine!” He repudiates it.
The scientist repudiated her earlier claim after new tests proved it wrong.
In context The club publicly repudiated the rude flyer that had been posted in its name, explaining that none of its members had written it.
Similar reject, disown, deny, disavow
Opposite accept, embrace, acknowledge
From Latin repudiare, “to reject, to cast off.”