Repudiation - Definition

n 1: rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid;
"Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President
had negotiated" [syn: repudiation, renunciation]
2: refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract
(especially by public authorities); "the repudiation of the
debt by the city"
3: the exposure of falseness or pretensions; "the debunking of
religion has been too successful" [syn: repudiation,
debunking]