repudiation of debt

event in which a government unilaterally cancels a debt it owes
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Summary

repudiation of debt is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: expropriation[2], refusal[3], cancellation[4], Credit event[5]
  • Has cause: odious debt[6], regime change[7]
  • Immediate cause of: sovereign default[8]
  • Different from: debt restructuring[9]
  • Class of object(s) of occurrence: debt[10]

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  1. 4d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Immediate cause of → sovereign default
    Wikidata description → event in which a government unilaterally cancels a debt it owes
    Imported from → —
    Subclass of → expropriation, refusal, cancellation +1
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: Credit event"
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