Noun: repudiation ri`pyoodee'eyshun- Rejecting or 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
- debunking
Derived forms: repudiations See also: repudiate Type of: exposure, refusal, rejection Encyclopedia: Repudiation |