repudiation

Plural: repudiations

Noun

• rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
  • "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated"
• refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities)
  • "the repudiation of the debt by the city"
• the exposure of falseness or pretensions
• The act of refusing to accept; the act of repudiating.

Examples

• The young man's repudiation of the church's doctrines caused a conflict with his religious parents.

Synonyms

debunking, renunciation