disavowverb [ T ]
uk/ˌdɪs.əˈvaʊ/us/ˌdɪs.əˈvaʊ/formalto say that you know nothing about something, or that you have no responsibility for or connection with something:
They were quick to disavow the rumour.
She tried to disavow her past.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Refusing & rejecting
- abnegate
- blow
- bugger
- damned
- demur
- derecognize
- disclaim
- door
- override
- react against sth
- refusal
- shoot
- shun
- sit
- sit sth out
- throw
- veto
- vote sth down
- wash
- wild horses wouldn't drag me idiom
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disavowal
noun [ C ] uk/ˌdɪs.əˈvaʊ.əl/us/ˌdɪs.əˈvaʊ.əl/