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Repudiation

Repudiation Meaning & Definition
Repudiation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Repudiation?

[n] the exposure of falseness or pretensions; "the debunking of religion has been too successful"
[n] refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities); "the repudiation of the debt by the city"
[n] rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Repudiation: debunking | renunciation

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See Also | disclaimer | disowning | disownment | exposure | refusal | rejection

Repudiation In Webster's Dictionary

\Re*pu`di*a"tion\ (-[hand]"sh?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.
\Re*pu`di*a"tion\, n. One who favors repudiation, especially of a public debt.

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