repudiation

[ ri-pyoo-dee-ey-shuh n ]

/ rɪˌpyu diˈeɪ ʃən /

the act of repudiating.

the state of being repudiated.

refusal, as by a state or municipality, to pay a lawful debt.

Origin of repudiation

1535–45; < Latin repudiātiōn- (stem of repudiātiō), equivalent to repudiāt(us) (see repudiate) + -iōn- -ion

re·pu·di·a·to·ry

[ri-pyoo-dee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /rɪˈpyu di əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective non·re·pu·di·a·tion, noun

This is not just a bold move, but a repudiation of the whole history of the entertainment industry.

Apple Wants Beats So It Can Control You |Ted Gioia |May 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And I thought the bailouts were a repudiation of everything that the Republican Party and conservatives stood for.

David Stockman on ‘The Great Deformation’ and Our Economic Doom |Daniel Gross |April 1, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Eight years ago, I researched the renunciation and repudiation of the Eagle rank, but I never followed through.

The Eagle Scouts and Boy Scouts of America’s Antigay Policy |Naka Nathaniel |June 17, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The whole thing can be read as a repudiation of the idea of national identity, rather than a sober exploration of it.

What Germans Looked Like |Blake Gopnik |May 10, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

It was a repudiation of everything that Galliano represented.

Galliano Erased at Christian Dior |Robin Givhan |March 7, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Blending with this notion of 'pietas,' we find the Platonic repudiation of sensuous and material life.

The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. VI (of 8) |William Wordsworth
The election was, rightly, taken as a repudiation of Redmond's policy; but in it Redmond's policy had gone undefended.

John Redmond's Last Years |Stephen Gwynn
Placing it before the irate lady, he fled as though determined to debar a third repudiation.

A Versailles Christmas-Tide |Mary Stuart Boyd
Mr. Fortune's whale-like front had laboured with some agitation during his repudiation of liability to being bounced.

If Winter Comes |A.S.M. Hutchinson
Now undoubtedly the repudiation of error is not at all the same thing as embracing truth.

On Compromise |John Morley