Found 2 items, similar to repudiation.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: repudiation repudiation n 1: rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; “Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated” [syn: renunciation] 2: refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities); “the repudiation of the debt by the city” 3: the exposure of falseness or pretensions; “the debunking of religion has been too successful” [syn: debunking]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Repudiation Repudiation \Re*pu`di*a"tion\ (-[hand]"sh?n), n. [Cf.F. r['e]pudiation, L. repudiatio.] The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as, the repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc. [1913 Webster] Repudiation \Re*pu`di*a"tion\, n. One who favors repudiation, especially of a public debt. [1913 Webster]