nnoun.communicationrejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalidSynset:repudiation
Examples:- Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated
Derivationally Related Form:repudiaterenounce
Hypernyms:rejection
Inherited Hypernyms:repudiationrejectionspeech actacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:disclaimerdisowningdisownment
Full Hyponyms:disclaimerdisownment
nnoun.statethe state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)Synset:apostasy defection
Derivationally Related Form:defect
Hypernyms:rejection
Inherited Hypernyms:apostasyrejectionsituationstateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.communicationan act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disownedSynset:renouncement
Derivationally Related Form:renounce
Hypernyms:resignation
Inherited Hypernyms:renunciationresignationspeech actacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:relinquishingrelinquishment
Full Hyponyms:giving uprelinquishment
nnoun.actthe act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)Synset:forgoing forswearing
Derivationally Related Form:renounceforswear
Hypernyms:rejection
Inherited Hypernyms:renunciationrejectionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:abnegationdenialforsakinggiving upself-abnegationself-denialself-renunciation
Full Hyponyms:abnegationforsaking