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repudiation
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of REPUDIATION
1
a refusal to confirm the truth of a statement <voters seemed satisfied by the candidate's public repudiation of the beliefs of an organization to which he had briefly belonged as a youth>
Synonyms contradiction, denegation, disallowance, disavowal, disclaimer, disconfirmation, negation, rejection, repudiation
Near Antonyms concession, confession; affirmation, assertion, declaration; attestation, corroboration, documentation, substantiation, testament, testimony, validation
2
the act or practice of giving up or rejecting something once enjoyed or desired <New Year's resolutions typically include the repudiation of chocolate and other indulgences and the promise to resume working out at the gym>
Related Words denial, refusal; relinquishment, resignation, surrender; self-abnegation, self-renunciation
Antonyms indulgence, self-indulgence
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