repudiation

Noun
Synonyms: renunciationdebunking

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

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

Repudiation \Re*pu`di*a"tion\ (r[-e]*p[=u]`d[i^]*[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [Cf.F. r['e]pudiation, L. repudiatio.] The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as, the repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc. [1913 Webster]
Repudiation \Re*pu`di*a"tion\, n. One who favors repudiation, especially of a public debt. [1913 Webster]
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