Synonyms for repudiation
rɪˌpyu diˈeɪ ʃənre·pu·di·a·tion

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1. repudiation

   Synonyms:
   abuse, animadversion, blame, censure, condemnation, contempt, denunciation, disapprobation, disapproval, disparagement, hissing, ignominy, obloquy, reproach, reproof, scorn, slander, vilification, vituperation

   Antonyms:
   acclaim, acclamation, adulation, applause, approbation, approval, cheering, cheers, compliment, encomium, eulogy, flattery, laudation, panegyric, plaudit, praise, sycophancy

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1. repudiation, renunciationnoun

   rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid

   "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated"

   Synonyms:
   renunciation, apostasy, forswearing, renouncement, debunking, defection, forgoing

2. repudiationnoun

   refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities)

   "the repudiation of the debt by the city"

   Synonyms:
   debunking, renunciation

3. repudiation, debunkingnoun

   the exposure of falseness or pretensions

   "the debunking of religion has been too successful"

   Synonyms:
   debunking, renunciation

Matched Categories

1. • Exposure
   • Refusal
   • Rejection

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1. repudiationnoun

   Synonyms:
   rejection

2. repudiationnoun

   Synonyms:
   disavowal, disowning, disclaiming

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1. repudiationnoun

   Synonyms:
   disavowal, rejection, abjuration, disclaimer, disowning

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1. List of paraphrases for "repudiation":

   rejection, renunciation, disavowal, revulsion, condemnation

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How to use repudiation in a sentence?

1. Victoria Coates:

   This is a shocking repudiation of President Biden's call for unity and reconciliation... and a clear violation of MBN's grant and my employment contracts.

2. Sal Isabella:

   He'll be like Ronald Reagan, he'll make some big changes and Reagan Democrats need big changes. On the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders told reporters in Florida that the results in Michigan had been a repudiation of the opinion polls and the pundits who had written off Bernie Sanders chances in the state. Polls had shown Bill Clinton with a double-digit lead going into the primary. The U.S. senator from Vermont said it showed his political revolution was.

3. Eugène Ionesco:

   I believe that in the history of art and of thought there has always been at every living moment of culture a will to renewal. This is not the prerogative of the last decade only. All history is nothing but a succession of crises -- of rupture, repudiation and resistance. When there is no crisis, there is stagnation, petrifaction and death. All thought, all art is aggressive.

4. Martin Luther:

   People want to make sure that we engage with enough different community stakeholders and I think it's fair to say that this did not happen, and that's why we're kind of in the position we are now, this wasn't so much a repudiation of the Dr. King name or any ministers involved. It's instead saying,' Let's make sure we work together and get it done right.'.

5. James Taylor:

   The Supreme Decree issued by Peru last year is a complete repudiation of the debt cleverly wrapped in the cloth of a resolution.