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n. an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned

n. the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)

n. rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated"

defection, apostasy

n. the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)

surrender, giving up, yielding

n. a verbal act of admitting defeat

abnegation, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-renunciation

n. renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others

refusal

n. the act of refusing

apostasy, tergiversation

n. the act of abandoning a party or cause

denial

n. the act of refusing to comply (as with a request); "it resulted in a complete denial of his privileges"

prohibition

n. refusal to approve or assent to

veto

n. a vote that blocks a decision

contradiction

n. the speech act of contradicting someone; "he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction"

defense, defence, refutation

n. the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions; "his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"; "in defense he said the other man started it"

disavowal

n. denial of any connection with or knowledge of

retraction, abjuration, recantation

n. a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion

disinheritance

n. the act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inherit

refusal

n. the act of refusing

dissent

n. (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority; "he expressed his dissent in a contrary opinion"

objection, protestation

n. the speech act of objecting

protest

n. (objection)

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