repudiation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
    renunciation.
    • Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated
  2. noun refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities)
    • the repudiation of the debt by the city
  3. noun the exposure of falseness or pretensions
    debunking.
    • the debunking of religion has been too successful

WordNet

Re*pu`di*a"tion noun
Etymology
Cf.F. répudiation, L. repudiatio.
Definitions
  1. The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as, the repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc.
Re*pu`di*a"tion noun
Definitions
  1. One who favors repudiation, especially of a public debt.

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