repudiation

Meanings

• Noun

  The act of refusing to acknowledge or accept something, especially a promise or agreement.

  - "After the business deal fell through, he made a public repudiation of the contract."
  - "The government's repudiation of its debt led to financial instability."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with repudiation
denigration , frustration , jubilation , relentless

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Variants

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repudiation , repudiationist , repudiationists , repudiations

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Etymology

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Late Middle English: from Old French repudier, from re- 'back' + pudier 'be ashamed, be afraid', from Latin pudere 'be ashamed'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'repudiation' is often used in the context of debt. For example, a country might default on its debt and make a repudiation of its obligations to pay it back.

2. In the Bible, the prophet Hosea uses the metaphor of a wife's repudiation of her husband to describe God's relationship with Israel.

3. The term 'repudiation' comes from the Latin word 'pudere', which means 'to be ashamed'.

4. In law, a party can make a repudiation of a contract if the other party has breached a material term of the agreement.

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Related Concepts

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1. Rejection: Repudiation is a type of rejection, but it implies a formal and public denial of something.

2. Renunciation: Repudiation and renunciation are related concepts, but renunciation implies a voluntary giving up of something, while repudiation implies a refusal to acknowledge or accept something that was previously agreed to.

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Culture

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In literature, repudiation is often used to describe a character's rejection of their past or previous beliefs. For example, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel 'The Great Gatsby', the character Nick Carraway undergoes a repudiation of his earlier ideals.

How to Memorize "repudiation"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a person crossing their arms and shaking their head as they refuse to acknowledge or accept something.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'repudiation' with the idea of a formal rejection or denial.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Repudiate: Reject, Publicly, Deny, Insist, Acknowledge: That's, Essentially, What Repudiation Is.'

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