单词 | disavowment |
释义 | disavowmentn. 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 1618 J. ap Robert Yonger Brother his Apol. ix. 51 If he had no iust reason for omission, or disauowment in his last will. 1637 H. Wotton Let. to Regius Professor in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) sig. f4 His Holiness..will not press you to any disavowment thereof. 1846 tr. in Freemason's Monthly Mag. 1 Jan. 73 It was at the time when public opinion was strongly excited by the disavowment of Admiral Dupetit-Thouars. 1867 Harper's Mag. Oct. 557/1 ‘We say we know nothing at all either of the Revolutionists or Imperialists or Garibaldians.’.. ‘Hm—a strong disavowment’, said the General to himself. 1907 Q. Oregon Hist. Soc. 8 166 The attitude of disavowment of fiscal obligation seemed in some directions to increase with the square of the distance from the capital. 1973 Madison (Wisconsin) State Jrnl. 23 Apr. i. 3/8 A stern papal disavowment of Roman Catholic extremism in Northern Ireland. 2002 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 18 May 11 a Don't we think it's time to step back from the disavowment of personal responsibility characterized by..Enron, Andersen and others? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1618 |
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