repudiation
nounUK /ɹɪˌpjuːdɪˈeɪ̯ʃ(ə)n/ · US /ɹəˌpjudiˈeɪ̯ʃən/
Etymology From Latin repudiātiōnem, equivalent to repudiate + -ion.
1
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:
- Derived terms
- anticipatory repudiation, non-repudiation, nonrepudiation, repudiationism, repudiationist