disavow
verb (used with object)
to disclaim knowledge of, connection with, or responsibility for; disown; repudiate.
have disavowed
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present perfectof disavow.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The paper has been retracted by the Lancet, 10 of its 12 authors have disavowed its findings, and Wakefield was stripped of his medical license in the U.K.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2025
Ms Schlossberg did not immediately respond to a request for comment about her relative, though many members of the Kennedy family have disavowed Mr Kennedy's actions and his campaign for president.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2024
Recent court decisions have disavowed that view and affirmed the right of prisoners to receive adequate medical care and be treated with dignity.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2022
Many of his old Social Democratic party friends have disavowed him.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2022
Oh, no, these fine French gentlemen will disown the attack upon us, as they would have disavowed it, just the same, if we had been killed.
From The Hunters of the Hills by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
