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REPUDIATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The exposure of falseness or pretensions
Example:
the debunking of religion has been too successful
Synonyms:
debunking; repudiation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("repudiation" is a kind of...):
exposure (presentation to view in an open or public manner)
Derivation:
repudiate (reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities)
Example:
the repudiation of the debt by the city
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("repudiation" is a kind of...):
refusal (the act of refusing)
Derivation:
repudiate (refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid)
repudiate (refuse to recognize or pay)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
Example:
Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated
Synonyms:
renunciation; repudiation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("repudiation" is a kind of...):
rejection (the speech act of rejecting)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "repudiation"):
disclaimer ((law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something)
disowning; disownment (refusal to acknowledge as one's own)
Derivation:
repudiate (cast off)
