REPUDIATION

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does repudiation mean? 

• REPUDIATION (noun)
  The noun REPUDIATION has 3 senses:

1. rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
2. refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities)
3. the exposure of falseness or pretensions

  Familiarity information: REPUDIATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPUDIATION (noun)

Meaning:

Rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

renunciation; repudiation

Context example:

Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated

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)

Meaning:

Refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

the repudiation of the debt by the city

Hypernyms ("repudiation" is a kind of...):

refusal (the act of refusing)

Meaning:

The exposure of falseness or pretensions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

debunking; repudiation

Context example:

the debunking of religion has been too successful

Hypernyms ("repudiation" is a kind of...):

exposure (presentation to view in an open or public manner)