nonrepudiation

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noun

An assurance that a contract cannot later be denied by either of the parties involved.

OriginEnglish repudiation ← Middle English non- ← Old English nān- →
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Meanings

nounnonrepudiation (uncountable)

alternative non-repudiation

  1. uncountablelawAn assurance that a contract cannot later be denied by either of the parties involved.
  2. uncountablecommunicationsAn assurance that the claimed sender or recipient is in fact the party who sent or received a given message.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Englishrepudiation
  15. Englishnonrepudiation

From non- + repudiation.

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Translations

Catalan irrefutabilitat
  • irrefutabilitatassurance of digital sending or receipt
Dutch onweerlegbaarheid
  • onweerlegbaarheidassurance of digital sending or receipt
Finnish kiistämättömyys
  • kiistämättömyysassurance of digital sending or receipt
French non-répudiation
  • non-répudiationassurance of digital sending or receipt
German Unleugbarkeit, Nichtabstreitbarkeit
  • Unleugbarkeitassurance of digital sending or receipt
  • Nichtabstreitbarkeitassurance of digital sending or receipt
Icelandic óhrekjanleiki
  • óhrekjanleikiassurance of digital sending or receipt
Japanese 否認防止
  • 否認防止 (hininbōshi)assurance of digital sending or receipt
Korean 부인방지
  • 부인방지 (bu'inbangji)assurance of digital sending or receipt
Polish niezaprzeczalność
  • niezaprzeczalnośćassurance of digital sending or receipt
Vietnamese chống thoái thác
  • chống thoái thácassurance of digital sending or receipt
Cite this entry
APA

nonrepudiation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonrepudiation

MLA

“nonrepudiation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonrepudiation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonrepudiation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonrepudiation.

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