repudiation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
noun refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities)
noun the exposure of falseness or pretensions

From Latin repudiātiōnem, equivalent to repudiate + -ion.

Shame, rather, on its repudiation and its denial! — The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy, William James
The theory of a private repudiation answered that. — The secret of Father Brown, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
But this public repudiation was too much for her. — Vice Versa; or, A Lesson to Fathers, F. Anstey

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