repudiate
verb (used with object)
to reject as having no authority or binding force.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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St. Paul has been repudiating the principle of justification by works of the law.
From St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition by Charles Gore