Synonyms for disavow
ˌdɪs əˈvaʊdis·avow

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1. disavowverb

   To deny; to show the contrary of; to disprove.

   Because of her dissatisfaction, she now disavows the merits of socialism.

   Synonyms:
   deny, impugn, disprove, repudiate, reject

   Antonyms:
   prove, accept

2. disavowverb

   Synonyms:
   deny, disown, abjure, reject, disclaim

   Antonyms:
   own up, accept

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1. disavow

   Abjure, discard, forswear, recall, recant, renounce, retract, and revoke, like abandon, imply some previous connection. Renounce (Latin re, back, and nuntio, bear a message) is to declare against and give up formally and definitively; as, to renounce the pomps and vanities of the world. Recant (Latin re, back, and canto, sing) is to take back or deny formally and publicly, as a belief that one has held or professed. Retract (Latin re, back, and traho, draw) is to take back something that one has said as not true or as what one is not ready to maintain; as, to retract a charge or accusation; one recants what was especially his own, he retracts what was directed against another. Repudiate (Latin re, back, or away, and pudeo, feel shame) is primarily to renounce as shameful, hence to divorce, as a wife; thus in general to put away with emphatic and determined repulsion; as, to repudiate a debt. To deny is to affirm to be not true or not binding; as, to deny a statement or a relationship; or to refuse to grant as something requested; as, his mother could not deny him what he desired. To discard is to cast away as useless or worthless; thus, one discards a worn garment; a coquette discards a lover. Revoke (Latin re, back, and voco, call), etymologically the exact equivalent of the English recall, is to take back something given or granted; as, to revoke a command, a will, or a grant; recall may be used in the exact sense of revoke, but is often applied to persons, as revoke is not; we recall a messenger and revoke the order with which he was charged. Abjure (Latin ab, away, and juro, swear) is etymologically the exact equivalent of the Saxon forswear, signifying to put away formally and under oath, as an error, heresy, or evil practise, or a condemned and detested person. A man abjures his religion, recants his belief, abjures or renounces his allegiance, repudiates another's claim, renounces his own, retracts a false statement. A person may deny, disavow, disclaim, disown what has been truly or falsely imputed to him or supposed to be his. He may deny his signature, disavow the act of his agent, disown his child; he may repudiate a just claim or a base suggestion. A native of the United States can not abjure or renounce allegiance to the Queen of England, but will promptly deny or repudiate it. Compare ABANDON.

   Synonyms:
   abandon, abjure, deny, discard, disclaim, disown, forswear, recall, recant, refuse, reject, renounce, repudiate, retract, revoke

   Antonyms:
   acknowledge, advocate, assert, avow, cherish, claim, defend, hold, maintain, own, proclaim, retain, uphold, vindicate

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1. disavowverb

   refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with

   "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"

   Antonyms:
   avouch, avow

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1. • Deny

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1. disavowverb

   Synonyms:
   disclaim, disown, deny, disallow

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How to use disavow in a sentence?

1. Donald Trump:

   David Duke endorsed me? alright. I disavow. OK?

2. Donald Trump:

   I have to look at the group. I mean, I don't know what group you're talking about, you wouldn't want me to condemn a group that I know nothing about. I'd have to look. 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. You may have groups in there that are totally fine -- it would be very unfair. So give me a list of the groups and I'll let you know.

3. Ron Paul:

   For me to disavow everything I ever wrote in a newsletter, I mean, that's foolishness.

4. Donald Trump:

   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.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   I was very disappointed that he did not disavow what appears to be support from David Duke and the Klan, that is exactly the kind of statement that should be repudiated upon hearing it.