Noun: repudiation ri,pyoo-dee'ey-shun
- Rejecting, disowning or disclaiming as invalid
"Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated";
- renunciation
- Refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honour a contract (especially by public authorities)
"the repudiation of the debt by the city"
- The exposure of falseness or pretensions
"the repudiation of religion has been too successful";
- debunking
Derived forms: repudiations
Type of: exposure, refusal, rejection
Encyclopedia: Repudiation