re·pu·di·a·tion
(rĭ-pyo͞o′dē-ā′shən)n.
1. The act of repudiating or the state of being repudiated.
2. The refusal, especially by public authorities, to acknowledge a contract or debt.
re·pu′di·a′tion·ist n.
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re•pu•di•a•tion
(rɪˌpyu diˈeɪ ʃən)n.
1. the act of repudiating, or the state of being repudiated.
2. refusal, as by a state, to pay a debt.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  repudiation - rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated"rejection - the speech act of rejecting disclaimer - (law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something disowning, disownment - refusal to acknowledge as one's own |
| 2. | repudiation - refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities); "the repudiation of the debt by the city" refusal - the act of refusing | |
| 3. | repudiation - the exposure of falseness or pretensions; "the debunking of religion has been too successful" exposure - presentation to view in an open or public manner; "the exposure of his anger was shocking" |
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repudiation
noun rejection, reversal, abandonment, disowning, desertion, retraction, disavowal, renouncement, abjuration a public repudiation of the conference decision
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Translations
repudiation
[rɪˌpjuːdɪˈeɪʃən] N2. (= refusal to recognize) [of debt, treaty] → negativa f a reconocer, desconocimiento m; [of attitude, values, wife, violence] → repudio m
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repudiation
n (of person) → Verstoßung f; (of authorship, debt, obligation) → Nichtanerkennung f; (of accusation, remarks, charge) → Zurückweisung f
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