repudiation

[ ri-pyoo-dee-ey-shuh n ]

/ rɪˌpyu diˈeɪ ʃən /

the act of repudiating.

the state of being repudiated.

refusal, as by a state or municipality, to pay a lawful debt.

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1535–45; < Latin repudiātiōn- (stem of repudiātiō), equivalent to repudiāt(us) (see repudiate) + -iōn- -ion

re·pu·di·a·to·ry

[ri-pyoo-dee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /rɪˈpyu di əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjectivenon·re·pu·di·a·tion, noun

This is not just a bold move, but a repudiation of the whole history of the entertainment industry.
Apple Wants Beats So It Can Control You|Ted Gioia|May 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And I thought the bailouts were a repudiation of everything that the Republican Party and conservatives stood for.
David Stockman on ‘The Great Deformation’ and Our Economic Doom|Daniel Gross|April 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Eight years ago, I researched the renunciation and repudiation of the Eagle rank, but I never followed through.
The Eagle Scouts and Boy Scouts of America’s Antigay Policy|Naka Nathaniel|June 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The whole thing can be read as a repudiation of the idea of national identity, rather than a sober exploration of it.
What Germans Looked Like|Blake Gopnik|May 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST

It was a repudiation of everything that Galliano represented.
Galliano Erased at Christian Dior|Robin Givhan|March 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Blending with this notion of 'pietas,' we find the Platonic repudiation of sensuous and material life.
The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Vol. VI (of 8)|William Wordsworth
The election was, rightly, taken as a repudiation of Redmond's policy; but in it Redmond's policy had gone undefended.
John Redmond's Last Years|Stephen Gwynn
Placing it before the irate lady, he fled as though determined to debar a third repudiation.
A Versailles Christmas-Tide|Mary Stuart Boyd
Mr. Fortune's whale-like front had laboured with some agitation during his repudiation of liability to being bounced.
If Winter Comes|A.S.M. Hutchinson
Now undoubtedly the repudiation of error is not at all the same thing as embracing truth.
On Compromise|John Morley