Meaning of REPUDIATION
| Pronunciation: | | ri`pyoodee'eyshun
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | debunking, renunciation |
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| | See Also: | | disclaimer, disowning, disownment, exposure, refusal, rejection | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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