Skip to definition.  Noun: repudiation  ri,pyoo-dee'ey-shun   1.
Rejecting, disowning or disclaiming as invalid
"Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had
negotiated";     - renunciation   2. Refusal to acknowledge or
pay a debt or honour a contract (especially by public
authorities)     "the repudiation of the debt by the city"   3.
The exposure of falseness or pretensions     "the repudiation of
religion has been too successful";     - debunking  Derived
forms: repudiations  Type of: exposure, refusal, rejection
Encyclopedia: Repudiation