repudiation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɹəˌpjudiˈeɪ̯ʃən/ (General-American)
- rĭ.pyo͞o'di.āʹshən
- /ɹɪˌpjuːdɪˈeɪ̯ʃ(ə)n/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Latin repudiātiōnem, equivalent to repudiate + -ion.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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).
2015 November 30, Shane O'Mara, Why Torture Doesn’t Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 12:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| repudiations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
repudiationist · nonrepudiation · repudiationism · anticipatory repudiation · non-repudiation
Synonyms
denial · rejection · unconsent · disapproval · rejection · denial · turndown · refusal · nonapproval · prohibition · nonassent · nonapproval · dissension · renunciation · repudiation · abnegation · declination · nonconsent · unapproval
Translations (21)
nl afwijzing (refusing) · la repudium (refusing) · es rechazo (refusing) · nl ontkenning (refusing) · ru отка́з (refusing) · es repudiación (refusing) · is höfnun (refusing) · fi torjuminen (refusing) · bg отричане (refusing) · fi kieltäminen (refusing) · cmn 拒絕 /拒绝 (refusing) · es repudio (refusing) · ko 부인 (refusing) · la repudiātiō (refusing) · hi खंडन (refusing) · de Ablehnung (refusing) · fr répudiation (refusing) · is neitun (refusing) · ja 否認 (refusing) · ja 拒否 (refusing) · de Zurückweisung (refusing)