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repudiation

/ri-pyoo-dee-ey-shuhn/US // rɪˌpyu diˈeɪ ʃən //

休妻,退约,退货,拒绝接受

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of repudiating.
    • : the state of being repudiated.
    • : refusal, as by a state or municipality, to pay a lawful debt.

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Examples

  • We learn that even through our collective repudiation, we can reconcile.

  • Some of the strongest repudiations of the Republican lawmakers came from AT&T, Comcast, Honeywell, PricewaterhouseCoopers, General Electric, KPMG and Verizon.

  • For the men involved, the bet’s outcome would be a personal validation—or repudiation—of their lifelong quests.

  • The fact that so many people report satisfaction with working remotely, even when isolated alone, or with no escape from family and roommates, is a striking repudiation of leaders’ visions of workplaces as communities.

  • It was he who previously held a repudiation rally in front of my classmates’ parents, parents who I knew for my entire life and they did not believe what he said.

  • Earlier this year, al Qaeda split with ISIS definitively in a public repudiation of the group.

  • In a telling repudiation of its corporate priorities, serious music fans increasingly want to own vinyl from 50 years ago.

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

  • And I thought the bailouts were a repudiation of everything that the Republican Party and conservatives stood for.

  • Clear and public repudiation of irresponsible statements from the U.S. would help alleviate this chronic problem.

  • His father had died upon the field; and repudiation of the duellist's code involved censure of him.

  • Hume and Holbach had much in common intellectually, although the latter was far more thoroughgoing in his repudiation of Theism.

  • At one bound Cossington's papers passed from apologetics varied by repudiation to triumphant praise.

  • And there is no repudiation like that of ——, and none like the pretended one of ——.

  • Now in the case of your repudiation I understand all about it.