repudiation

The act of repudiating or the state of being repudiated.

The refusal, especially by public authorities, to acknowledge a contract or debt.

Rejection; disavowal or renunciation of a right or an obligation, as of a debt; specifically, refusal by a state or municipality to pay a debt lawfully contracted. Repudiation of a debt implies that the debt is just, and that its payment is denied, not because of sufficient legal defense, but to take advantage of the rule that a sovereign state cannot be sued by individuals.

Eccles., the refusal to accept a benefice.

The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated.