English language
Toggle Transcript
repudiation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | renunciation |
| Type of | rejection |
| Has types | disclaimer, disowning, disownment |
| Derivation | repudiate |
Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated.
repudiation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | refusal |
| Derivation | repudiate |
the repudiation of the debt by the city.
Examples of repudiation
repudiation
As part of his repudiation of the nightclubbing Clyde, he changed his lifestyle.
From the post-gazette.com
All that said, however, Humala's election isn't just a repudiation of Chavismo.
From the globalspin.blogs.time.com
Murkowski's win was a direct repudiation of Palin's chosen nominee, Joe Miller.
From the cnn.com
It was a repudiation of the administration Powell served from that very building.
From the washingtonpost.com
Democrats are in denial that Tuesday's repudiation of their agenda even occurred.
From the washingtontimes.com
Voter rejection of the measures could be seen as a repudiation of Schwarzenegger.
From the dailynews.com
Supporters of repudiation, however, had two big political problems to overcome.
From the economix.blogs.nytimes.com
Greece will never recover without something like a 100% repudiation of its debts.
From the guardian.co.uk
Semantically, it's a sharp repudiation of the policies of the Bush administration.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
- Rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated"
- Refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities); "the repudiation of the debt by the city"
- The exposure of falseness or pretensions; "the debunking of religion has been too successful"
- (repudiate) disown: cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"
- (repudiate) refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement"
- (repudiate) reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; "She repudiated the accusations"
- In cryptography, deniable authentication refers to authentication between a set of participants where the participants themselves can be confident in the authenticity of the messages, but it cannot be proved to a third party after the event.
- (Repudiated) Anticipatory repudiation, also called an anticipatory breach, is a term in the law of contracts that describes a declaration by the promising party to a contract, that he or she does not intend to live up to his or her obligations under the contract.
- The act of refusing to accept; the act of repudiating
