répudiation
French, noun/ʁe.py.dja.sjɔ̃/
répudiation is spelled R-É-P-U-D-I-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 62,878th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Répudiation is a French feminine noun meaning “repudiation, refusal, refusing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de répudier, de renvoyer légalement son épouse”.
What does répudiation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerepudiation, refusal, refusing
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de répudier, de renvoyer légalement son épouse. 2. Action de repousser ; rejet. 3. Renonciation. 4. Action de nier, de remettre en cause un contrat, une transaction, en plaidant la contrefaçon de l’identification.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of répudiation
- répudiations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce répudiation?
- /ʁe.py.dja.sjɔ̃/
- \ʁe.py.dja.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to répudiation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is répudiation in French?
répudiation appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).