Found 3 items, similar to disavow.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: disavow
ingkar, mengingkari, mungkir
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: disavow
disavow
v : refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility
for, or association with;
“Her husband disavowed her
after 30 years of marriage and six children” [ant:
avow]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Disavow
Disavow
\Dis`a*vow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Disavowed; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Disavowing.] [F. d['e]savouer; pref. d['e]s- (L.
dis-) + avouer to avow. See
Avow, and cf.
Disavouch.]
1. To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to
deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like; to
disclaim; to disown; as, he was charged with embezzlement,
but he disavows the crime.
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A solemn promise made and disavowed. --Dryden.
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2. To deny; to show the contrary of; to disprove.
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Yet can they never
Toss into air the freedom of my birth,
Or disavow my blood Plantagenet's. --Ford.
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