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Definitions of disavow
  1. verb
    refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with
    "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"
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Definition that contains disavow
  • retract formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
  • recant formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
  • retraction a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
  • forswear formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
  • abjure formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
  • abjuration a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
  • resile formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
  • recantation a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
  • disavowable capable of being disavowed
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