单词 | disavowance |
释义 | disavowancen. Now rare. Disavowal; esp. the action of refusing to acknowledge or accept something. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > repudiation or refusal to acknowledge > [noun] unknowledgea1400 disclaimc1436 disappropriation1555 abrenunciation1557 disclaiming1574 disavowry1588 disavowing1602 disclamation1606 disavowment1618 disavower1648 disavowal1660 disavowancea1716 disclaimer1748 repudiation1858 a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) VI. 13 The very Corner-stone of the English Reformation was laid in an utter denial and disavowance of this Point [sc. the papal Supremacy]. 1756 P. Whitfield Reply to Bourn's Free & Candid Considerations 63 They thought their Re-ordination itself too much implied an Impeachment of their former Ordination..without such an express Disavowance. 1866 Indianapolis Daily Jrnl. 1 Dec. 1/4 A response was immediately telegraphed..to depose Sedgwick with the first verification of the latter's..disavowance of the endorsement of the United States. 1905 Northwestern Reporter 103 650/1 The evidence..showed a disavowance of ownership of the mortgage. 1984 Anthropol. Q. 57 29/2 Disavowance that sins can be perceived in two categories, mortal and venial. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1716 |
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