Repudiation may refer to:
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Repudiation (marriage) Repudiation is the formal or informal act by which a husband renounces his wife in certain cultures and religions. For example:
* In Islam, a talaq divorce allows a woman or man to divorce their spouse (in Arabic, talaq), otherwise known as the fo ...
, the formal act by which a husband forcibly renounces his wife in certain cultures and religions
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Disownment
Disownment occurs when a parent renounces or no longer accepts a child as a family member, usually due to reprehensible actions leading to serious emotional consequences. Different from giving a child up for adoption, it is a social and interpe ...
, the formal act by which a parent forcibly renounces his child
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Anticipatory repudiation
Anticipation is an emotion involving pleasure or anxiety in considering or awaiting an expected event. Anticipatory emotions include fear, anxiety, hope and trust. When the anticipated event fails to occur, it results in disappointment (if posi ...
is a term in the law of contracts that describes a declaration by one party (the promising party) to a contract that they do not intend to live up to their obligations under the contract
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Non-repudiation Non-repudiation refers to a situation where a statement's author cannot successfully dispute its authorship or the validity of an associated contract. The term is often seen in a legal setting when the authenticity of a signature is being challenged ...
is the concept of ensuring that a party in a dispute cannot repudiate, or refute the validity of a statement or contract
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Repudiation (religion)
Repudiation may refer to:
* Repudiation (marriage), the formal act by which a husband forcibly renounces his wife in certain cultures and religions
* Disownment, the formal act by which a parent forcibly renounces his child
* Anticipatory repudia ...
, the act of refusing and no longer accepting a philosophical or religious
doctrine
Doctrine (from la, Wikt:doctrina, doctrina, meaning "teaching, instruction") is a codification (law), codification of beliefs or a body of teacher, teachings or instructions, taught principles or positions, as the essence of teachings in a given ...
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