Meanings
plural repudiations
- countableuncountableThe 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.
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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 12Synonyms: denial, nonapproval, rejection, abnegation, declination, denial, turndown, disapproval
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of refusing to accept; the act of repudiating.
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Origin
- Latinrepudiātiōnem
- Englishrepudiation
From Latin repudiātiōnem, equivalent to repudiate + -ion.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian отричане
- отричане (otričane)refusing
Chinese Mandarin 拒絕 /拒绝
- 拒絕 /拒绝 (jùjué)refusing
Dutch afwijzing, ontkenning
- afwijzingrefusing
- ontkenningrefusing
Finnish torjuminen, kieltäminen
- torjuminenrefusing
- kieltäminenrefusing
French répudiation
- répudiationrefusing
German Ablehnung, Zurückweisung
- Ablehnungrefusing
- Zurückweisungrefusing
Hindi खंडन
- खंडन (khaṇḍan)refusing
Icelandic neitun, höfnun
- neitunrefusing
- höfnunrefusing
Irish séanadh
- séanadhrefusing
Japanese 拒否, 否認
- 拒否 (kyohi)refusing
- 否認 (hinin)refusing
Korean 부인
- 부인 (bu'in)refusing
Latin repudiātiō, repudium
- repudiātiōrefusing
- repudiumrefusing
Russian отка́з
- отка́з (otkáz)refusing
Spanish rechazo, repudio
- rechazorefusing
- repudiorefusing
- repudiaciónrefusing
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with repudiation
Cite this entry
repudiation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repudiation
“repudiation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repudiation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “repudiation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repudiation.
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