Synonyms for repudiation
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Noun
1. Rejection
rejection, renunciation, disavowal, denial, refusal, recantation, disapproval, prohibition, dissension, declination, disclaimer, abjuration, turndown, abnegation, renouncement, nonassent, nonapproval, disaffirmation
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Definitions
- n. 1
The act of refusing to accept; the act of repudiating.
The young man's repudiation of the church's doctrines caused a conflict with his religious parents.
Related words
- Phrases
- anticipatory repudiation
Forms
- Plural
- repudiations → rejections, renunciations, disavowals, denials…
Example sentences
- denial There are five stages of grief. Stage one: denial.
- rejection Ziri needs to find connection and avoid rejection.
- renunciation Jesus predicted Peter's renunciation of him.
- disavowal Talia wrote a bitter disavowal of her former beliefs.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| repudiation | steady | |
| denial | steady | |
| rejection | steady | |
| renunciation | steady | |
| disavowal | rising | |
| debunking | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- denial3
- 7 letters
- refusal3
- 8 letters
- turndown2
- 9 letters
- rejection3, debunking3, disavowal, nonassent
- 10 letters
- disclaimer3, dissension3, abnegation4, abjuration
- 11 letters
- prohibition4, disapproval4, declination, recantation4, nonapproval
- 12 letters
- renunciation5, renouncement
- 14 letters
- disaffirmation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (denial3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- répudiation