disavow
verb (used with object)
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Contemporary Examples of disavow
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.
‘The Feminine Mystique’ at 50, Part 2: Three Feminists on What It Means TodayJessica Bennett, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Alisa Solomon
February 12, 2013
There are some pieces of themselves that politicians simply cannot disavow.
He is vulnerable and victimized by an identity he should be able to disavow but cannot.
Great Weekend Reads: 4 New Novels, November 13, 2011Susan Salter Reynolds, Christopher Byrd, John Wilwol, Jennifer Miller
November 13, 2011
Historical Examples of disavow
Moreover, it so happened that the Queen had, in her own letter to Heneage, made the same statement which she now chose to disavow.
History of the United Netherlands, 1584-86, Vol. I. (of IV) CompleteJohn Lothrop Motley
If it was his correctness to ignore, it could never be hers to disavow.
Tales Of Men And GhostsEdith Wharton
Whether private persons avow or disavow it, it is a fixed maxim of the Church of Rome.
Mr. Benson, the headmaster, declined to disavow the sentiments of the "Minutes," and was consequently dismissed.
Fletcher of MadeleyFrederic W. Macdonald
I again repeat that I annul and disavow the peace you have made.