ripudio

Definitions of ripudio
  1. noun
    denial of any connection with or knowledge of
    synonyms: sconfessione, smentita
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    ritrattazione, sconfessione
    a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
  2. noun
    rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
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    disconoscimento
    refusal to acknowledge as one's own
  3. noun
    refusal to acknowledge as one's own
    synonyms: disconoscimento
  4. noun
    the state of being rejected
    synonyms: rigetto
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    scomunica
    the state of being excommunicated
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    situazione
    the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
  5. noun
    the speech act of rejecting
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    disconoscimento
    refusal to acknowledge as one's own
    type of:
    dire
    the use of language to perform some act
  6. noun
    the act of rejecting something
    synonyms: bocciatura, reiezione, rigetto, ripulsa
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    aggiramento
    deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
    defezione
    the act of giving something up
    rinuncia
    the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)
    proscrizione, relegazione
    rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
    evasione
    an avoidance of danger or difficulty
    esposizione
    abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open)
    abnegazione
    renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
    esclusione, estromissione, radiazione, scacciata
    the act of forcing out someone or something
    cacciata, deportazione, esilio, espatrio, espulsione
    the act of expelling a person from their native land
    scomunica
    the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society
    relegazione
    mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position
    type of:
    atto, azione, fatto
    something that people do or cause to happen
  7. noun
    the exposure of falseness or pretensions
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