disavow
verb (used with object)
to disclaim knowledge of, connection with, or responsibility for; disown; repudiate.
disavows
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present tense formof disavow (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Lyrically, Charli disavows cigarettes and writes sincere apologies for her past mistakes.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The Chabad movement disavows any teaching that Schneerson is the messiah.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
To be clear, Radan disavows any support for slavery or for any moral argument defending it, arguing for a sharp distinction between those questions and the legal, constitutional argument he advances.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2023
Which isn’t to say he disavows the importance of “3 Nights.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
One might ask what are the bases of that science which disavows, without emotion, the most active powers of human nature.
From The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism by Henry Downton
