repudiation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: repudiation	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for repudiation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repudiation n rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated" Synonym(s): repudiation, renunciation 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" Synonym(s): repudiation, debunking
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repudiation \Repu`dia"tion\ (-[b5]"sh?n), n. [Cf.F. r[82]pudiation, L. repudiatio.] The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as, the repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repudiation \Repu`dia"tion\, n. One who favors repudiation, especially of a public debt.