REPUDIATION
repudiation, debunking
(noun) the exposure of falseness or pretensions; “the debunking of religion has been too successful”
repudiation
(noun) refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities); “the repudiation of the debt by the city”
repudiation, renunciation
(noun) rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; “Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
repudiation (countable and uncountable, plural repudiations)
The act of refusing to accept; the act of repudiating.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*pu`di*a"tion (-*"shn), n. Etym: [Cf.F. répudiation, L.
repudiatio.]
Definition: The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as,
the repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc.
Re*pu`di*a"tion, n.
Definition: One who favors repudiation, especially of a public debt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition