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disavow
verb
(dis-a-vow)
refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with
Antonyms:
avow
,
Examples:
Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children.
Words Related to
disavow
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repudiate
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deny
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contradict
,
negate
,
evade
,
renounce
,
disown
,
denounce
,
refute
,
recant
,
condemn
,
reject
,
disparage
,
endorse
,
absolve
,
abjure
,
disassociate
,
disprove
,
forswear
,
affirm
,
rescind
,
avow
,
substantiate
,
assert
,
discredit
,
espouse
,
rebut
,
denigrate
,
impugn
,
dismiss
,
reaffirm
,
downplay
,
abrogate
,
renege
,
acknowledge
,
exculpate
,
belittle
,
insinuate
,
decry
,
criticize
,
disavouch
,
constitutionalize
,
moralize
,
demonize
,
abandon
,
disclaimed
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dissociate
,
deplore
,
accept
,
castigate
,
vilify
,
assail
,
ascribe
,
backtrack
,
excoriate
,
apologize
,
withdraw
,
equivocate
,
lambaste
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foreswear
,
proselytise
,
concede
,
accede
,
lambast
,
ignore
,
revoke
,
reexamine
,
declare
,
disacknowledge
,
sever
,
dignify
,
inculpate
,
mythologize
,
oppose
,
proclaim
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abnegative
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adhere
,
acquiesce
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disinvite
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maligns
,
deride
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impute
,
invoke
,
betray
,
disbelieve
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reconsider
,
countermand
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obliterate
,
shirk
,
romanticize
,
sentimentalize
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exaggerate
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expunge
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resist
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defend
,
disagree
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dissemble
,
admit
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chasten
,
mythologise
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disavow
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