"disavow" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪsəˈvaʊ/ Audio: en-us-disavow.ogg [US], en-au-disavow.ogg [Australia] Forms: disavows [present, singular, third-person], disavowing [participle, present], disavowed [participle, past], disavowed [past]
Rhymes: -aʊ Etymology: dis- + avow, or from Old French desavouer. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|dis|avow}} dis- + avow, {{der|en|fro|desavouer}} Old French desavouer Head templates: {{en-verb}} disavow (third-person singular simple present disavows, present participle disavowing, simple past and past participle disavowed)
  1. (transitive) To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like. Tags: transitive Synonyms: abjure, deny, disclaim, disown, reject Translations (to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like): отричам се (otričam se) (Bulgarian), popřít [perfective] (Czech), verloochenen (Dutch), malkonfesi (Esperanto), malagnoski (Esperanto), désavouer (French), უარყოფა (uarq̇opa) (Georgian), პასუხისმგებლობის მოხსნა (ṗasuxismgeblobis moxsna) (Georgian), abstreiten (German), leugnen (German), von sich weisen (German), verleugnen (German), sich distanzieren von (German), desavouieren (German), zurückweisen (German), ableugnen (German), tagad (Hungarian), nem ismer el (Hungarian), visszautasít (Hungarian), vitat (Hungarian), diffiteor (Latin), whākorekore (Maori), whakahore (Maori), fornekte (Norwegian), repudiar (Spanish), desavouera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-disavow-en-verb-2zC1oduI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with dis- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dis-: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like': 91 9
  2. (transitive) To deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind. Tags: transitive Synonyms: disprove, deny, impugn, reject, repudiate Translations (to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind): отказвам се (otkazvam se) (Bulgarian), popřít [perfective] (Czech), ontkennen (Dutch), kiistää (Finnish), kieltää (Finnish), désavouer (French), désapprouver (French), bestreiten (German), zurückweisen (German), in Abrede stellen (German), nicht anerkennen (German), sich distanzieren von (German), elhatárolódik (Hungarian), elutasít (Hungarian), dezavuál (Hungarian), repudiar (Ido)
    Sense id: en-disavow-en-verb-sl2je5qY Categories (other): English terms prefixed with dis- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dis-: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: disavowal, disavowed

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
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          "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
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          "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
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          "_dis1": "11 89",
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          "sense": "to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind",
          "word": "désapprouver"
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          "sense": "to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind",
          "word": "bestreiten"
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          "sense": "to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind",
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-disavow.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/84/En-au-disavow.ogg/En-au-disavow.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/En-au-disavow.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otričam se",
      "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
      "word": "отричам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "popřít"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
      "word": "verloochenen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
      "word": "malkonfesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
      "word": "malagnoski"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
      "word": "désavouer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "uarq̇opa",
      "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
      "word": "უარყოფა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṗasuxismgeblobis moxsna",
      "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
      "word": "პასუხისმგებლობის მოხსნა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
      "word": "abstreiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
      "word": "leugnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
      "word": "von sich weisen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
      "word": "verleugnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
      "word": "sich distanzieren von"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
      "word": "desavouieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
      "word": "zurückweisen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
      "word": "ableugnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
      "word": "tagad"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
      "word": "nem ismer el"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
      "word": "visszautasít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
      "word": "vitat"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
      "word": "diffiteor"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
      "word": "whākorekore"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
      "word": "whakahore"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
      "word": "fornekte"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
      "word": "repudiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like",
      "word": "desavouera"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otkazvam se",
      "sense": "to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind",
      "word": "отказвам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "popřít"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind",
      "word": "ontkennen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind",
      "word": "kiistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind",
      "word": "kieltää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind",
      "word": "désavouer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind",
      "word": "désapprouver"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind",
      "word": "bestreiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind",
      "word": "zurückweisen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind",
      "word": "in Abrede stellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind",
      "word": "nicht anerkennen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind",
      "word": "sich distanzieren von"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind",
      "word": "elhatárolódik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind",
      "word": "elutasít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind",
      "word": "dezavuál"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind",
      "word": "repudiar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "disavow"
}

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