répudier

Jamais il ne répudia la doctrine de la fraternité des hommes.
He never repudiated the doctrine of the brotherhood of man.
Le Roi, mécontent, répudia sa fille et l'envoya en exil.
Unsympathetic, the king disowned his daughter and sent her into exile.
Lorsqu’il la répudia, son étoile faiblit.
When he repudiated it, his star fades.
Concernant le solde des emprunts Goldsmith (1824) et Barclay (1825), le Mexique ne fit aucun paiement jusqu’en 1886 mais ne les répudia pas.
As for the outstanding debts corresponding to the Goldsmith (1824) and Barclay (1825) loans, Mexico did not repudiate them but made no payments until 1886.
La plupart des sources anarchistes considèrent cette période comme une étape absurde de la vie de Bakounine et, en effet, il répudia Netchaïev lorsqu’il découvrit la véritable nature de ses activités.
Most anarchists sources treat this as a passing aberration on Bakunin's part, and indeed he did repudiate Nechaev when he found out the true nature of his activities.
François Ier répudia cependant les clauses du traité à peine quelques semaines après sa libération, ce qui entraîna la formation de la ligue de Cognac et le début de la septième guerre d'Italie.
Only a few weeks after his release, however, he repudiated the terms of the treaty, starting the War of the League of Cognac.
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