'Repudiation' definitions:
Definition of 'repudiation'
(from WordNet)
noun
Rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated" [syn: repudiation, renunciation]
noun
Refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities); "the repudiation of the debt by the city"
noun
The exposure of falseness or pretensions; "the debunking of religion has been too successful" [syn: repudiation, debunking]
Definition of 'Repudiation'
From: GCIDE
- Repudiation \Re*pu`di*a"tion\, n. One who favors repudiation, especially of a public debt. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Repudiation'
From: GCIDE
- Repudiation \Re*pu`di*a"tion\ (r[-e]*p[=u]`d[i^]*[=a]"sh[u^]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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'repudiation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abjuration,
- abjurement,
- abnegation,
- abrogation,
- absolute contradiction,
- agreement to disagree,
- alienation,
- annulment,
- apostasy,
- bad debt,
- ban,
- bar,
- barring,
- blockade,
- boycott,
- chucking,
- chucking out,
- circumscription,
- contempt,
- contradiction,
- contrary assertion,
- contravention,
- controversion,
- counter-culture,
- countering,
- crossing,
- debarment,
- debarring,
- declension,
- declination,
- declinature,
- declining,
- default,
- defection,
- delinquence,
- delinquency,
- demarcation,
- denial,
- deprivation,
- despisal,
- despising,
- difference,
- disaccord,
- disaffirmation,
- disagreement,
- disallowance,
- disapprobation,
- disapproval,
- disavowal,
- discard,
- disclaimer,
- disclamation,
- discounting,
- dishonor,
- dishonoring,
- dismissal,
- disobedience,
- disowning,
- disownment,
- disparity,
- disproof,
- disregard,
- dissatisfaction,
- dissension,
- dissent,
- dissentience,
- dissidence,
- diversity,
- dropping out,
- embargo,
- exception,
- exclusion,
- expatriation,
- forswearing,
- gainsaying,
- holding back,
- ignoring,
- impugnment,
- inadmissibility,
- injunction,
- lockout,
- minority opinion,
- narrowing,
- nay,
- negation,
- negative,
- negative answer,
- nix,
- no,
- nonacceptance,
- nonadmission,
- nonagreement,
- nonapproval,
- nonassent,
- noncompliance,
- nonconcurrence,
- nonconformity,
- nonconsent,
- nonconsideration,
- nondischarge of debts,
- nonobservance,
- nonpayment,
- nonremittal,
- nullification,
- omission,
- opposition,
- palinode,
- palinody,
- passing by,
- preclusion,
- prohibition,
- protest,
- protested bill,
- putting away,
- putting out,
- rebuff,
- recantation,
- recusance,
- recusancy,
- refusal,
- refutation,
- rejection,
- relegation,
- reneging,
- renouncement,
- renunciation,
- repulse,
- restriction,
- retention,
- retractation,
- retraction,
- revocation,
- revokement,
- scouting,
- secession,
- spurning,
- taboo,
- throwing out,
- thumbs-down,
- turndown,
- turning out,
- uncollectible,
- underground,
- unsaying,
- unwillingness,
- variance,
- withdrawal,
- withholding