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Webster 1913 Edition


Repudiation

Re-puˊdi-a′tion

(rē̍-pūˊdĭ-ā′shŭn)
,
Noun.
[Cf.F.
répudiation
, L.
repudiatio
.]
The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated;
as, the
repudiation
of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc.

Re-puˊdi-a′tion

,
Noun.
One who favors repudiation, especially of a public debt.

Webster 1828 Edition


Repudiation

REPUDIA'TION

,
Noun.
[L. repudiatio.]
1.
Rejection.
2.
Divorce; as the repudiation of a wife.

Definition 2024


repudiation

repudiation

See also: répudiation

English

Noun

repudiation (plural repudiations)

  1. 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.

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