disavow
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- IPA /dɪsəˈvaʊ/
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disavow verb
- To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like.“He was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime.”
- To deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind.“Because of her dissatisfaction, she now disavows the merits of fascism.”
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abjuredenydisclaimdisownrejectdisproveimpugnrepudiatenegatecontradictevadedisavouchdisacknowledgedevowrenouncerefuseunauthorizedisclame
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