Repudiation

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  • noun. The act of repudiating or the state of being repudiated.
  • noun. The refusal, especially by public authorities, to acknowledge a contract or debt.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of repudiating, or the state of being repudiated.
  • noun. Rejection; disavowal or renunciation of a right or an obligation, as of a debt; specifically, refusal by a state or municipality to pay a debt lawfully contracted. Repudiation of a debt implies that the debt is just, and that its payment is denied, not because of sufficient legal defense, but to take advantage of the rule that a sovereign state cannot be sued by individuals.
  • noun. Eccles., the refusal to accept a benefice.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated
  • noun. One who favors repudiation, especially of a public debt.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of refusing to accept; the act of repudiating.
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  • noun. rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
  • noun. the exposure of falseness or pretensions
  • noun. refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    exposure  refusal  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alsatian  Americanization  Appalachian  Balkanization  Christianization  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abandonment  abnegation  acknowledgment  annihilation  condemnation  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abjuration  abjurement  abnegation  abrogation  absolute contradiction  
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