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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb disavow has 1 sense

• disavow(v = verb.communication) Array - refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"
is one way to deny
Antonym: avow
Derived form noun disavowal₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

disavow

abjure, assert the contrary, back down, back out, backwater, belie, climb down, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, crawfish out, cross, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disclaim, disown, disprove, dispute, eat crow, eat humble pie, forswear, gainsay, impugn, join issue upon, negate, negative, not accept, not admit, nullify, oppose, recant, refuse to admit, refute, renege, renounce, repudiate, retract, revoke, swallow, take back, take issue with, unsay, withdraw

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disavow

Negation

VB deny, contradict, contravene, controvert, give denial to, gainsay, negative, shake the head, disown, disaffirm, disclaim, disavow, recant, revoke, dispute, impugn, traverse, rebut, join issue upon, bring in question, call in question, give the lie in his throat, give one the lie in his throat, deny flatly, deny peremptorily, deny emphatically, deny absolutely, deny wholly, deny entirely, give the lie to, belie, repudiate, set aside, ignore, rebut, qualify, refuse, recuse.

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