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disavowal

[dis-uh-vou-uhl] Origin

dis·a·vow·al

[dis-uh-vou-uhl]
noun
a disowning; repudiation; denial.

Origin:
1740–50; disavow + -al2
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Disavowal is always a great word to know.
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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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disavow (ˌdɪsəˈvaʊ)
 
vb
(tr) to deny knowledge of, connection with, or responsibility for
 
disa'vowal
 
n
 
disa'vowedly
 
adv
 
disa'vower
 
n

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disavowal
1748, from disavow + -al (2).
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