repudiate
used in The Scarlet Letter

only 1 use

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Definition

strong rejection — especially when the idea or thing being rejected was once embraced

repudiate more utterly the phantom of human merit
Chapter 24 -- Conclusion (23% in)

repudiate = strongly reject

There are no more uses of "repudiate" in The Scarlet Letter.

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