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ˌdɪs əˈvaʊdis·avow
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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, revokeAntonyms:
acknowledge, advocate, assert, avow, cherish, claim, defend, hold, maintain, own, proclaim, retain, uphold, vindicate
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#5370 | recall | |
#7367 | refuse | |
#7851 | deny | |
#8574 | reject | |
#14530 | abandon | |
#17665 | discard | |
#22918 | revoke | |
#32840 | disclaim | |
#38092 | retract | |
#42606 | renounce | |
#50911 | disprove | |
#82810 | repudiate | |
#111844 | disown | |
#114534 | disavow | |
#128134 | recant | |
#150462 | impugn | |
#212527 | abjure | |
#249199 | forswear |
How to use disavow in a sentence?
I disavow these comments, claiming a person can't do their job because of race is sort of like a textbook definition of a racist comment.
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.
In that meeting, he did mention something to me that, you know, was the first about, somehow, an effort that he was engaged in to see if there was a statement that the government of Ukraine would make that would somehow disavow any interference in U.S. elections and would commit to the prosecution of any individuals involved in election interference, and, that was about as specific as it got.
These guys are whack jobs and the President ought to disavow them.
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.
Translations for disavow
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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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