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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)

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