disavow
verb (used with object)
to disclaim knowledge of, connection with, or responsibility for; disown; repudiate.
had disavowed
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past perfectof disavow.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Fawcett also told Dobbs that Trump’s legal team had disavowed her.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2023
After studying with Stanislavski herself in 1934, she returned to the Group with the news that he had disavowed affective memory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2022
Officials also said there was nothing to validate the claim that Ms Donham had disavowed her story in any transcript of Mr Tyson's interviews.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2021
Mr. Wall said the Hudson decision had disavowed Halper.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2013
Lord Campbell had disavowed any intention to attack the blockade since Russell, on February 15, had officially approved it, but criticized the sending to Lyons of the despatch itself.
From Great Britain and the American Civil War by Ephraim Douglass Adams
