'Disavow' definitions:
Definition of 'disavow'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Disavow'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- A solemn promise made and disavowed. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To deny; to show the contrary of; to disprove. [1913 Webster]
- Yet can they never Toss into air the freedom of my birth, Or disavow my blood Plantagenet's. --Ford. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'disavow'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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