| 单词 | repudiation |
| 释义 | repudiation (once / 4764 pages) n Repudiation means the act of claiming that something is invalid. If there were a repudiation of all the math test scores because of widespread cheating, you'd probably have to take the test again. Repudiation comes from the verb "repudiate," which is rooted in the Latin word repudiare, meaning to divorce or reject. If you show something is false, you have made a repudiation of that thing. Until the repudiation of the claims, people thought that heroin was a harmless ingredient that could help ease a cough. General belief in the safety of cocaine and cigarettes had similar repudiations. WORD FAMILYrepudiation: repudiations+/repudiate: repudiated, repudiates, repudiating, repudiation, repudiative USAGE EXAMPLESThey deserve our encouragement, and Spencer deserves nothing but scorn and repudiation. Washington Times(Dec 23, 2016) Our preference would be to ignore them, but the liberal media are intent on giving them attention, so repudiation it is. Wall Street Journal(Nov 25, 2016) Let’s start with his fear-stoking repudiation of an entire religion—Islam. Time(Nov 22, 2016) 1n rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated Syn|Hypo|Hyper renunciation disclaimer (law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something disowning, disownmentrefusal to acknowledge as one's own rejection the speech act of rejecting 2n refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities) the repudiation of the debt by the city Hyper refusal the act of refusing 3n the exposure of falseness or pretensions Syn|Hyper debunking exposure presentation to view in an open or public manner |
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