What does disavow mean?
Definitions for disavow
ˌdɪs əˈvaʊdis·avow
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Princeton's WordNet
disavowverb
refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with
"Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"
Wiktionary
disavowverb
To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like; to disclaim; to disown.
He was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime.
disavowverb
To deny; to show the contrary of; to disprove.
Because of her dissatisfaction, she now disavows the merits of socialism.
Etymology: From dis- + avow or from desavouer.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Disavowverb
To disown; to deny knowledge of; to deny concurrence in any thing.
Etymology: dis and avow.
The heirs and posterity of them which yielded the same, are, as they say, either ignorant thereof, or do wilfully deny, or stedfastly disavow it. Edmund Spenser, State of Ireland.
The English, that knew his noble spirit, did believe his name was therein abused, which he manifested to be true by disavowing it openly afterwards. John Hayward.
To deal in person is good, when a man’s face breedeth regard, and generally when a man will reserve to himself liberty either to disavow or to expound. Francis Bacon, Essay 48.
A man that acts below his rank, doth but disavow fortune, and seemeth to be conscious of his own want in worth, and doth but teach others to envy him. Francis Bacon, Essay 9.
He only does his conquest disavow,
And thinks too little what they found too much. Dryden.We are reminded by the ceremony of taking an oath, that it is a part of that obedience which we learn from the gospel, expressly to disavow all evasions and mental reservations whatsoever. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.
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disavow
Disavow is a verb that refers to the action of denying any responsibility or support for something or someone. It also refers to denying the truth or validity of something. It is often used in the context where an individual, organization, or entity refuses to acknowledge or accept association, connection, or a particular behavior or act.
Webster Dictionary
Disavowverb
to refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like; to disclaim; to disown; as, he was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime
Disavowverb
to deny; to show the contrary of; to disprove
Etymology: [F. dsavouer; pref. ds- (L. dis-) + avouer to avow. See Avow, and cf. Disavouch.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Disavow
dis-a-vow′, v.t. to disclaim knowledge of, sanction of, or connection with: to disown: to deny.—n. Disavow′al. [O. Fr. desavouer, des—L. dis, away, avouer, to avow.]
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The numerical value of disavow in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
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The numerical value of disavow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of disavow in a Sentence
To my friend Donald Trump, you are better than this. Even a social visit from an antisemite like Kanye West and human scum like Nick Fuentes is unacceptable, i urge you to throw those bums out, disavow them and relegate them to the dustbin of history where they belong.
For me to disavow everything I ever wrote in a newsletter, I mean, that's foolishness.
It just shows that HBCUs have been so undervalued, underfunded and neglected that our presidents are willing ... to go to a man who has failed to disavow the KKK, who has advocated for the death penalty for five young men in the 1990s, who has shouted out in a crowd saying, 'Look at my African American,' the fact that we are in such a desperate need for funding that they find this to be an opportunity? That's what got me.
I don't know anything about what you're even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists, if you would send me a list of the groups, I will do research on them and certainly I would disavow if I thought there was something wrong.
I've watched you retweet racist images. I've watched you retweet racist lies. I've watched you take 48 hours to disavow white supremacy. I've watched you joyfully encourage violence, and promise to 'pay the legal fees' of those who commit violence on your behalf.
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- تنصل منArabic
- отказвам се, отричам сеBulgarian
- distancovat seCzech
- afviseDanish
- verleugnenGerman
- αρνούμαιGreek
- malkonfesiEsperanto
- repudiarSpanish
- انکار کردنPersian
- kiistää, kieltääFinnish
- désapprouver, désavouerFrench
- disavowIrish
- अस्वीकृत करेंHindi
- tagadHungarian
- mengingkariIndonesian
- rinnegareItalian
- לְהִתְכַּחֵשׁHebrew
- უარყოფა, პასუხისმგებლობის მოხსნაGeorgian
- ನಿರಾಕರಿಸುKannada
- � �인하다Korean
- ultioLatin
- verloochenen, ontkennenDutch
- avviseNorwegian
- dezawuowaćPolish
- rejeitarPortuguese
- dezavuareRomanian
- дезавуироватьRussian
- förnekaSwedish
- மறுப்புTamil
- నిరాకరించుTelugu
- ปฏิเสธThai
- reddetmekTurkish
- дезавуюватиUkrainian
- نامنظورUrdu
- từ chốiVietnamese
- אָפּזאָגןYiddish
- 否認Chinese
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