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Definition 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"
Definition of Disavow
1. v. t. 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.
Definition of Disavow
1. Verb. To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like; to disclaim; to disown. ¹
2. Verb. To deny; to show the contrary of; to disprove. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disavow
1. to disclaim responsibility for [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Disavow
1. 1. To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, an 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) Origin: F. Desavouer; pref. Des- (L. Dis-) + avouer to avow. See Avow, and cf. Disavouch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disavow
Literary usage of Disavow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Hannah More by Hannah More (1835)
"It is in vain that the persons so charged disavow the opinions ; it is to no
purpose that they only desire to be allowed to know what the; bold, ..."
2. Annals of the American Revolution: Or, A Record of the Causes and Events by Jedidiah Morse (1824)
"We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured
them- by the ties of our common kindred, to disavow these usurpations, ..."
3. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being the Letters by Jared Sparks, United States Dept. of State (1830)
"You are also authorised and instructed to disavow, in the most positive and
explicit terms, any secret understanding or negotiation between the United ..."
4. Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous Words in the by Charles John Smith (1871)
"We disavow facts or charges in which we are said to be personally implicated.
... To DISOWN is, as the term implies, to disavow or deny, as connected with ..."
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