repudiation
noun
re·pu·di·a·tion
ri-ˌpyü-dē-ˈā-shən 
: the act of repudiating : the state of being repudiated
especially
: the refusal of public authorities to acknowledge or pay a debt
Examples of repudiation in a Sentence
voters seemed satisfied by the candidate's public repudiation of the beliefs of an organization to which he had briefly belonged as a youth
New Year's resolutions typically include the repudiation of chocolate and other indulgences and the promise to resume working out at the gym.
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Garcia argues that the successful repudiation of the library crackdown is evidence that the city council’s right-wing approach doesn’t fully represent residents’ values.
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Calmatters, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
Her self-annihilation is grisly and impossible to misinterpret as a final repudiation of her role in the HMS Courageous bombing and, until Grace announces she’d like Hal to be her vice-president, is the most intense and far-reaching twist of the episode.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
If Helmy finds in the Party the kind of fellowship and outlet for his energies that a good career might otherwise have satisfied, Erich embraces his new identity with a snarling brutality that is a repudiation of his former sense of humiliation.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2025
And to be fair, most of the departures weren’t a repudiation of Amador’s appointment.
—David Lyman, The Enquirer, 7 Aug. 2025
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Calmatters, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
Her self-annihilation is grisly and impossible to misinterpret as a final repudiation of her role in the HMS Courageous bombing and, until Grace announces she’d like Hal to be her vice-president, is the most intense and far-reaching twist of the episode.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
If Helmy finds in the Party the kind of fellowship and outlet for his energies that a good career might otherwise have satisfied, Erich embraces his new identity with a snarling brutality that is a repudiation of his former sense of humiliation.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2025
And to be fair, most of the departures weren’t a repudiation of Amador’s appointment.
—David Lyman, The Enquirer, 7 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for repudiation
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“Repudiation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repudiation. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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repudiation
noun
re·pu·di·a·tion
ri-ˌpyü-dē-ˈā-shən
: the rejection or renunciation of a duty or obligation (as under a contract)
especially
: anticipatory repudiation
Note: A party aggrieved by a repudiation may consider a repudiated contract to have been breached and bring an action for relief.
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