repudiation
[rɪ`pjudɪ'eʃən]
n. 抛弃, 否, 拒付

[] 遗弃, 废弃, 否



repudiation
[ noun ]

1. rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid

<noun.communication>
Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated

2. refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities)

<noun.communication>
the repudiation of the debt by the city

3. the exposure of falseness or pretensions

<noun.act>
the debunking of religion has been too successful

Repudiation \Re*pu`di*a"tion\ (-[hand]"sh?n), n. [Cf.F.
r['e]pudiation, L. repudiatio.]
The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated;
as, the repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc.


Repudiation \Re*pu`di*a"tion\, n.
One who favors repudiation, especially of a public debt.