disavow : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: disavow	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for disavow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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" Antonym(s): avouch, avow
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disavow \Dis`avow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disavowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disavowing}.] [F. d[82]savouer; pref. d[82]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. A solemn promise made and disavowed. --Dryden. 2. To deny; to show the contrary of; to disprove. Yet can they never Toss into air the freedom of my birth, Or disavow* my blood Plantagenet's. --Ford.