"repudiation" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

Rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid (synset 107222070)
"Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated"

is a type of: rejection - the speech act of rejecting
subtypes:
- disclaimer - (law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something
- disowning, disownment - refusal to acknowledge as one's own
same as: renunciation
Refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities) (synset 107220378)
"the repudiation of the debt by the city"

is a type of: refusal - the act of refusing
The exposure of falseness or pretensions (synset 100523394)
"the debunking of religion has been too successful"

is a type of: exposure - presentation to view in an open or public manner

same as: debunking