Repudiation
[rɪ,pjuːdɪ'eɪʃn] or [rɪ,pjʊdɪ'eʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the exposure of falseness or pretensions; 'the debunking of religion has been too successful'.
(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.) rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; 'Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated'.
Edited by Francine--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as, the repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc.
(n.) One who favors repudiation, especially of a public debt.
Typed by Dominic
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Rejection.[2]. Disavowal, disowning, disclaiming.
Typist: Thaddeus
Examples
- We must not swing across from the repudiation of the extravagant pretensions of the faithful to an equally extravagant condemnation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This other, this state of constant unfailing repudiation, was a strain, a suffering also. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- His lips trembled and stood apart, as he followed this repudiation of himself; and limitation of her words to her brother. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The sentence in which that repudiation was expressed was Washington's injunction to avoid entangling alliances. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was a complete recognition of the unalienable sovereignty of states, and a repudiation of the idea of an over-riding commonweal of mankind. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The late John Harmon might have thought it rather a contemptuous and lofty word of repudiation. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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