Repudiation

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of repudiating or the state of being repudiated.
  • n. The refusal, especially by public authorities, to acknowledge a contract or debt.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of refusing to accept; the act of repudiating.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated
  • n. One who favors repudiation, especially of a public debt.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of repudiating, or the state of being repudiated.
  • n. Rejection; disavowal or renunciation of a right or an obligation, as of a debt; specifically, refusal by a state or municipality to pay a debt lawfully contracted. Repudiation of a debt implies that the debt is just, and that its payment is denied, not because of sufficient legal defense, but to take advantage of the rule that a sovereign state cannot be sued by individuals.
  • n. Eccles., the refusal to accept a benefice.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
  • n. the exposure of falseness or pretensions
  • n. refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities)
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