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



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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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