nnoun.communicationrejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalidSynset:renunciation
Examples:- Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated
Derivationally Related Form:repudiaterenounce
Hypernyms:rejection
Inherited Hypernyms:repudiationrejectionspeech actacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:disclaimerdisowningdisownment
Full Hyponyms:disclaimerdisownment
nnoun.communicationrefusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities)Examples:- the repudiation of the debt by the city
Derivationally Related Form:repudiate
Hypernyms:refusal
Inherited Hypernyms:repudiationrefusaldenialspeech actacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.actthe exposure of falseness or pretensionsSynset:debunking
Examples:- the debunking of religion has been too successful
Derivationally Related Form:repudiatedebunk
Hypernyms:exposure
Inherited Hypernyms:repudiationexposurepresentationshowentertainmentdiversionactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity