verb

1. To renounce all claim to; to deny ownership of or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject.

2. To deny, as a claim; to refuse.

3. To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office.

Synonyms: refuse, disavow, disown, renounce, repudiate