repudiation
noun/ɹɪˌpjuːdɪˈeɪ̯ʃ(ə)n/UK/ɹəˌpjudiˈeɪ̯ʃən/US
Etymology
From Latin repudiātiōnem, equivalent to repudiate + -ion.
- borrowed from repudiātiō
Definitions
The act of refusing to accept
The act of refusing to accept; the act of repudiating.
- The young man's repudiation of the church's doctrines caused a conflict with his religious parents.
- Santorum, in a comment regarding Senator John McCain's repudiation of torture, stated, "He doesn't understand how enhanced interrogation works. I mean, you break somebody, and after they've broken they become cooperative" (Summers 2011).
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for repudiation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA