repudiation
noun
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- adjective
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Sense 1 noun
rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated
Types & categories
- rejection hypernym
- disclaimer hyponym
- disownment hyponym
Related & opposite
- repudiate derivation
Sense 2 noun
refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities)
the repudiation of the debt by the city
Types & categories
- refusal hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the exposure of falseness or pretensions
the debunking of religion has been too successful
Types & categories
- exposure hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | repudiate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | rejection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | disclaimer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | disownment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | repudiate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | repudiate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | refusal |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | repudiate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | debunk |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | exposure |