disavow

  • 21disavow — v 1. disclaim, deny, gainsay, contradict, disaffirm; retract, recant, recall, unsay, take back; repudiate, renounce, (usu. under oath) abjure, forswear; defect, apostatize. 2. disown, reject, cast off; disinherit, disherit, Rare. exheredate, cut… …

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  • 22disavow — dis·avow …

    English syllables

  • 23disavow — dis•a•vow [[t]ˌdɪs əˈvaʊ[/t]] v. t. to disclaim knowledge of, connection with, or responsibility for; disown; repudiate • Etymology: 1350–1400; AF < OF desavouer. See dis I, avow dis a•vow′ed•ly, adv. dis a•vow′er, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 24disavow — /dɪsəˈvaʊ / (say disuh vow) verb (t) to disclaim knowledge of, connection with, or responsibility for; disown; repudiate. {Middle English desavoue(n), from Old French desavouer, from des dis 1 + avouer avow} –disavower, noun …

  • 25disavow — /dissvaw/ To repudiate the unauthorized acts of an agent; to deny the authority by which he assumed to act …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 26disavow — /dissvaw/ To repudiate the unauthorized acts of an agent; to deny the authority by which he assumed to act …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 27disavow — To repudiate; to disclaim …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 28disavow — v.tr. disclaim knowledge of, responsibility for, or belief in. Derivatives: disavowal n. Etymology: ME f. OF desavouer (as DIS , AVOW) …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 29disavow a witness — prove a witness unreliable …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 30Disavowed — 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… …

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