1. (

• repudiation ,
• renunciation ,

) rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated" ;

2. (

• repudiation ,

) refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities); "the repudiation of the debt by the city" ;

3. (

• repudiation ,
• debunking

) the exposure of falseness or pretensions; "the debunking of religion has been too successful" ;