repudiation
英 [rɪ,pjuːdɪ'eɪʃn]
美[rɪ,pjʊdɪ'eʃən]
- n. 否认，拒绝；抛弃，断绝关系
英英释意
- 1. rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid;
- "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated"
- 2. refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities);
- "the repudiation of the debt by the city"
- 3. the exposure of falseness or pretensions;
- "the debunking of religion has been too successful"