repudiate vs scorn

repudiate

verb
  • To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown. 

  • To be repudiated. 

  • To reject the truth or validity of; to deny. 

  • To refuse to pay or honor (a debt). 

scorn

verb
  • To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself. 

  • To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise. 

  • To scoff, to express contempt. 

  • To reject, turn down. 

noun
  • A display of disdain; a slight. 

  • Contempt or disdain. 

  • An object of disdain, contempt, or derision. 

How often have the words repudiate and scorn occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )