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disavow

[ dis-uh-vou ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.
Synonyms: disclaim, reject, deny

disavow

/ ˌdɪsəˈvaʊ /

Origin of disavow¹

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

Nor will the CIA disavow those controversial efforts entirely.

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

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

I can completely relate to his struggle of not wanting to disavow his Jewish identity for the sake of his gay identity.

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

I wish to disavow any compliment I may have appeared to pay that company in my telegram, for I think they did their bare duty.

I do not altogether disavow the title, but I understand it to mean "inquirer."

The Prime Minister would never have had the courage to disavow his colleague openly.

Neither do they disavow what has come to them through immigration and does not originally belong to their own country.

Berkeley had been unwilling to disavow his loyalty to the Crown in 1652 and he was not prepared to do so now.

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