disavow
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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
dis·a·vow 
[dis-uh-vou] Pronunciation Key
[dis-uh-vou] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object)
| to disclaim knowledge of, connection with, or responsibility for; disown; repudiate: He disavowed the remark that had been attributed to him. |
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| dis·a·vow
(dĭs'ə-vou') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. dis·a·vowed, dis·a·vow·ing, dis·a·vows To disclaim knowledge of, responsibility for, or association with. [Middle English disavowen, from Old French desavouer : des-, dis- + avouer, to avow; see avow.] dis'a·vow'a·ble adj., dis'a·vow'al n. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| disavow | |
verb | |
| refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children" [ant: avouch] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Disavow
Dis`a*vow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disavowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disavowing.] [F. d['e]savouer; pref. d['e]s- (L. dis-) + avouer to avow. See Avow, and cf. Disavouch.]1. To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like; to disclaim; to disown; as, he was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime. A solemn promise made and disavowed. --Dryden. 2. To deny; to show the contrary of; to disprove. Yet can they never Toss into air the freedom of my birth, Or disavow my blood Plantagenet's. --Ford.
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