Definitions for: 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: debunking, renunciation

See Also: disclaimer, disowning, disownment, exposure, refusal, rejection

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