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repudiation|rɪpjuːdɪˈeɪʃən|
[ad. L. repudiātiōn-em, n. of action f. repudiāre: see prec. and -ation, and cf. F. répudiation (15th c.).]
The action of repudiating or fact of being repudiated.
1. Divorce (of a wife).
1545Joye Exp. Dan. xi. 185 This Antiochus repudiated his own wyfe..Which..repudiacion or diuorce from his firste wyfe was the occasion of greate mischeif. a1635Naunton Fragm. Reg. (Arb.) 26 Upon repudiation of the Lady, he clapt up a marriage for his Son. 1686tr. Chardin's Trav. Persia 332 They must return the Portion they had, upon the Repudiation. 1727A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. I. iii. 26 They allow of Repudiation, but neither Party can marry again, till the Term of three Years be expired. 1803Edin. Rev. I. 491 She does not appear even to have understood what they meant by repudiation. 1867Freeman Norm. Conq. (1877) I. vi. 473 If the repudiation of Estrith was accompanied..by the assertion of the claims of the æthelings to her brother's crown.
2. The action of rejecting, disowning, disavowing, etc.; spec. in Canon Law (see first quot.).
1848–56Bouvier Law Dict. s.v., In the canon law, repudiation is the refusal to accept a benefice which has been conferred upon the party repudiating. 1858Froude Hist. Eng. III. xvii. 495 His denial was..not like the broad, absolute repudiation of a man who was consciously clear of offence. 1877Black Green Past. iii. (1878) 21 A murmur of indignant repudiation nerved him to a further effort.
b. spec. of a debt. (Cf. the vb. 3 b.)
1843[see repudiate v. 3 b]. 1862J. Spence Amer. 74 Repudiation has not been the course of those who could not, but of those who, having the means, would not pay. 1868Rogers Pol. Econ. xi. (1876) 143 This country ran considerable risk of repudiation after the close of the great continental war.
Hence repudiˈationist n. and a., (one) advocating repudiation; spec. in U.S., one who advocates the repudiation of a public debt.
1867Nation (N.Y.) No. 127. 446/1 The repudiationists are undoubtedly strong. 1883American VI. 387 More honorable than alliances with the whiskey interest or the repudiationists of the South. 1930Times 11 Nov. 15/4 That is the most effective way in which he can support the Government and repudiate the repudiationists. 1931Star 8 May 16/1 The small Lang ‘Repudiationist’ rump came to Mr. Scullin's assistance. 1932New Statesman 16 Jan. 53/2 Germany is repudiationist to a man.
[2.] [b.] For def. read: Law. The action or stated intention of refusing or failing to comply with the terms of a contract, esp. of debt repayment; a denial of contract. Cf. repudiate v. 3 b. (Further examples.)
1904D. B. W. Sladen Playing the Game ii. iii. 184 The Japanese traders who dealt with them were, many of them, welshers who looked to repudiations for their profits. 1921F. Pollock Princ. Contract (ed. 9) 292 A contract may be broken or discharged by repudiation, that is, by conduct manifestly repugnant to the due fulfilment of the terms. 1988Times 1 Dec. 41/3 It was urged that while the authority's dismissal of him amounted to a repudiatory breach of contract, Dr Guirguis had never accepted..such repudiation. |
