disavow

[ dis-uh-vou ]

/ ˌdɪs əˈvaʊ /

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verb (used with object)

to disclaim knowledge of, connection with, or responsibility for; disown; repudiate: He disavowed the remark that had been attributed to him.

Origin of disavow

1350–1400; Middle English disavouen, desavouen < Anglo-French, Old French desavouer. See dis-¹, avow

SYNONYMS FOR disavow

deny, reject, disclaim.

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OTHER WORDS FROM disavow

dis·a·vow·ed·ly, adverb dis·a·vow·er, noun

Words nearby disavow

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Example sentences from the Web for disavow

Nor will the CIA disavow those controversial efforts entirely.

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To disavow those moral responsibilities, our tradition suggests, is to not be truly free.

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Rather than today's young women feeling like the heirs to a glorious legacy, they disavow those who came before.

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There are some pieces of themselves that politicians simply cannot disavow.

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He is vulnerable and victimized by an identity he should be able to disavow but cannot.

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Moreover, it so happened that the Queen had, in her own letter to Heneage, made the same statement which she now chose to disavow.

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If it was his correctness to ignore, it could never be hers to disavow.

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Whether private persons avow or disavow it, it is a fixed maxim of the Church of Rome.

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Mr. Benson, the headmaster, declined to disavow the sentiments of the "Minutes," and was consequently dismissed.

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I again repeat that I annul and disavow the peace you have made.

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British Dictionary definitions for disavow

disavow

/ (ˌdɪsəˈvaʊ) /

verb

(tr) to deny knowledge of, connection with, or responsibility for

Derived forms of disavow

disavowal, noun disavowedly, adverb disavower, noun

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