disavowal
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of disavowal
Example Sentences
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“It’s been sad to see the disavowal of every policy position he ever stood for,” says a former senior White House official from the first term who worked with Hassett.
From Barron's
It called on the BBC to "reject attempts to have the documentary permanently removed or subjected to undue disavowals".
From BBC
Even with ACEP’s disavowal, courts may be reluctant to reopen resolved cases, said Jim Davy, a civil rights lawyer in Philadelphia.
From Scientific American
Neither you nor your family members interpret any of those as a disavowal of kinship.
From Washington Post
She has since publicly repudiated Putin, adding that her disavowal put her Russian family at risk.
From Washington Post
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