DISAVOW

disavow

Verb

  1. 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.
  2. To deny; to show the contrary of; to disprove.
    Because of her dissatisfaction, she now disavows the merits of fascism.


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