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repudiation
(r/I/,p/j//u/d/i/'/eI//S//@/n )

noun (n)

  • rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid(noun.communication)
    Example:
    Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated.
    Synonym:
    renunciation
    source: wordnet30
  • refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities)(noun.communication)
    Example:
    The repudiation of the debt by the city.
    source: wordnet30
  • the exposure of falseness or pretensions(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    debunking
    source: wordnet30
  • The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as, the repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • One who favors repudiation, especially of a public debt.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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