repudiation
英[r?,pju?d?'e??n]
美[r?,pj?d?'e??n]
- n. 否認(rèn),拒絕;拋棄,斷絕關(guān)系
英英釋意
- 1. rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid;
- "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated"
- 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"