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repudiation

re.pu.di.a.tion \ri-.pyu:d-e--'a--sh*n\ \-sh(*-)n*st\ n : the action of 
   repudiating : the state of being repudiated; esp :: the refusal of public 
   authorities to acknowledge or pay a debt - re.pu.di.a.tion.ist n