Let us labor for that larger and larger comprehension of truth, that more and more thorough repudiation of error, which shall make the history of mankind a series of ascending developments.
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Repudiation
/ɹɪˌpjuːdɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n/
Synonyms for "repudiation" (175 found)
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Noun(4 words)
abjurationabjurementabnegationabolitionabrogationabsolute contradictionagreement to disagreealienationannulmentapostasybad debtbanbarbarringblockadeboycottchuckingchucking outcircumscriptioncontempt
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contradictioncontrary assertioncontraventioncontroversioncounter culturecounter-culturecounteringcrossingdebarmentdebarring
Verb(1 words)
breach a contract
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Related words (87)
exclusionexpatriationexpulsionforswearinggainsayingholding backignoringimpugnmentinadmissibilityinjunctionlockoutminority opinionnarrowingnaynegationnegativenegative answernixnononacceptance
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nonadmissionnonagreementnonapprovalnonassentnoncompliancenonconcurrencenonconformitynonconsentnonconsiderationnondischarge of debtsnonobservancenonpaymentnonremittalnullificationomissionoppositionpalinodepalinodypassing bypreclusionprohibitionprotestprotested billputting awayputting outrebuffrecantationrecusancerecusancyrefusalrefutationrejectionrelegationrenegingrenouncementrenunciationrepulserestrictionretentionretractationretractionrevocationrevokementscoutingsecessionspurningtabootergiversationthrowing outthumbs downthumbs-downturndownturning outuncollectibleundergroundunsayingunwillingnessvariancewithdrawalwithholding
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8 entriescontract repudiationdisinheritancedomestic debt defaultestrangementhypothesis repudiationsovereign defaulttheory repudiationtreaty repudiation
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6 entriescontract repudiationdebt repudiationlegal repudiationpublic debt repudiationtreaty repudiationunilateral repudiation
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4 total sentences available.
This fetishism of the parliamentary majority represents a brutal repudiation, not only of the dictatorship of the proletariat, but of Marxism and of the revolution altogether.
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The young man's repudiation of the church's doctrines caused a conflict with his religious parents.
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Santorum, in a comment regarding Senator John McCain's repudiation of torture, stated, "He doesn't understand how enhanced interrogation works. I mean, you break somebody, and after they've broken they become cooperative" (Summers 2011).
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