Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- the act of repudiating.
- the state of being repudiated.
- refusal, as by a state or municipality, to pay a lawful debt.
1540s, “divorce” (of a woman by a man), from Latin repudiationem (nominative repudiatio) “a rejection, refusal,” noun of action from past participle stem of repudiare (see repudiate). Meaning “action of disowning” is from 1840s.