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- pronunciation:
- dIs
vaU
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
disavows, disavowing, disavowed |
| definition 1: |
to deny any knowledge of, responsibility for, or connection with; disclaim.
- synonyms:
- disclaim
- antonyms:
- acknowledge, admit, avow
- similar words:
- abjure, contradict, deny, disown, forswear, gainsay, recant, renounce, repudiate
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| definition 2: |
to deny having (knowledge, intention, or the like).
The demonstrators disavowed any intention of causing harm to the conference participants. |
| definition 3: |
to deny as being true.
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| related words: |
negate, reject |
adverb + (v.)disavow
consistently, explicitly, later, openly, publicly, simultaneously, specifically, totally
(v.)disavow
+ noun
act,
action,
association,
attack,
belief,
claim,
comment,
committee,
connection,
department,
intention,
interpretation,
knowledge,
legitimacy,
memo,
move,
notion,
omission,
past,
practice,
pursuit,
remark,
responsibility,
theory,
violence,
weapon
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| derivation: |
disavowedly (adv.) |
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