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Repudiation

The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as, the repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc.

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Disclaimer 76% connected

One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.

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Disowning 76% connected

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Disownment 76% connected

Act of disowning.

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Exposure 76% connected

The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or cont…

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Refusal 76% connected

The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance.

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Rejection 76% connected

Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.

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Renounce 74% connected

To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land…

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Renounce 74% connected

To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land…

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Repudiate 74% connected

To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject.

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Repudiate 74% connected

To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject.

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Renunciation 92% connected

The act of renouncing.

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Abduction noun · 78% connection

the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family…

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Acquittance noun · 78% connection

The clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability.

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Affinity noun · 78% connection

Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -…

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Benthamism noun · 78% connection

That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and dete…

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Broad Church unknown · 78% connection

A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, interme…

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Brother-in-law noun · 78% connection

The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husband of one's wife's sister.

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Catastrophism noun · 78% connection

The doctrine that the geological changes in the earth's crust have been caused by the sudden action of violent physical causes; -- opp…

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Catholicity noun · 78% connection

Adherence or conformity to the system of doctrine held by all parts of the orthodox Christian church; the doctrine so held; orthodoxy.

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Concubine noun · 78% connection

A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were H…

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Condonation noun · 78% connection

Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband of his wife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty, as adulter…

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Debenture noun · 78% connection

A writing acknowledging a debt; a writing or certificate signed by a public officer, as evidence of a debt due to some person; the sum…

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Demand verb · 78% connection

To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently o…

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Disciple noun · 78% connection

One who receives instruction from another; a scholar; a learner; especially, a follower who has learned to believe in the truth of the…

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Divine right noun · 78% connection

the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects; rebellion is the worst…

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Divine right of kings noun · 78% connection

the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects; rebellion is the worst…

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Doctrine noun · 78% connection

That which is taught; what is held, put forth as true, and supported by a teacher, a school, or a sect; a principle or position, or th…

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Elegit noun · 78% connection

A judicial writ of execution, by which a defendant's goods are appraised and delivered to the plaintiff, and, if not sufficient to sat…

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Evangelical adjective · 78% connection

Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preeminetly orthodox; -- technically applied to…

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