What does Repudiation mean?

Definitions for Repudiation
rɪˌpyu diˈeɪ ʃənre·pu·di·a·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. repudiation, renunciationnoun

    rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid

    "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated"

  2. repudiationnoun

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

    "the repudiation of the debt by the city"

  3. repudiation, debunkingnoun

    the exposure of falseness or pretensions

    "the debunking of religion has been too successful"

Wiktionary

  1. repudiationnoun

    The act of refusing to accept; the act of repudiating.

    The young man's repudiation of the church's doctrines caused a conflict between him and his religious parents.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Repudiationnoun

    Divorce; rejection.

    Etymology: repudiation, Fr. from repudiate.

    It was allowed by the Athenians, only in case of repudiation of a wife. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.

ChatGPT

  1. repudiation

    Repudiation generally refers to the rejection, denial, or refusal to accept a proposal or action. It can also refer to the rejection of an agreement, contract, or obligation, asserting that it is not valid or no longer applicable.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Repudiationnoun

    the act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as, the repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc

  2. Repudiationnoun

    one who favors repudiation, especially of a public debt

  3. Etymology: [Cf.F. rpudiation, L. repudiatio.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Repudiation in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Repudiation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Repudiation in a Sentence

  1. President Ivan Duque:

    We will not rest until we capture and bring to justice the terrorists involved, i tell the criminals that social repudiation awaits them, the rejection of all Colombians and the international community.

  2. President Obama:

    The repudiation of the TPP would neuter the U.S. presidency for the next 19?months, it would reinforce global concerns that the vicissitudes of domestic politics are increasingly rendering the United States a less reliable ally ... it would signal a lack of U.S. commitment to Asia at a time when China is flexing its muscles.

  3. Jair Bolsonaro:

    Other fundamental values for Brazilian society, reflected in the human rights agenda, are the defense of the family, the right to life from conception, self-defense and the repudiation of gender ideology.

  4. Leslie Holman:

    This is unjust and a repudiation of our nation's values and historic commitment to justice for all, doesn't that tell the administration that these most vulnerable of human beings deserve protection rather than warehousing as prisoners?

  5. Sal Isabella:

    He'll be like Ronald Reagan, he'll make some big changes and Reagan Democrats need big changes. On the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders told reporters in Florida that the results in Michigan had been a repudiation of the opinion polls and the pundits who had written off Bernie Sanders chances in the state. Polls had shown Bill Clinton with a double-digit lead going into the primary. The U.S. senator from Vermont said it showed his political revolution was.

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