"disavowal" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: [dɪsəˈvaʊ(ə)ɫ] [UK] Forms: disavowals [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊəl Head templates: {{en-noun}} disavowal (plural disavowals)
  1. A denial of knowledge, relationship, or responsibility towards something or someone. Related terms: disavow, disavowed Translations (denial): отказване (otkazvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), отричане (otričane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), odmítnutí [neuter] (Czech), popření [neuter] (Czech), kieltäytyminen (Finnish), kiistäminen (Finnish), irtisanoutuminen (Finnish), désaveu [masculine] (French), reniement [masculine] (French), Verleugnung [feminine] (German), wyparcie się [neuter] (Polish), repúdio [masculine] (Portuguese), negação [feminine] (Portuguese), negare (Romanian), отрица́ние (otricánije) [neuter] (Russian), отка́з (otkáz) [masculine] (Russian), отрече́ние (otrečénije) [neuter] (Russian), odricanje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), одрицање [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), odricanje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "denial",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "denial",
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    },
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      "sense": "denial",
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "denial",
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      "word": "désaveu"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "denial",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "denial",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "sense": "denial",
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        "neuter"
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    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "denial",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "denial",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "negação"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "denial",
      "word": "negare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otricánije",
      "sense": "denial",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "отрица́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otkáz",
      "sense": "denial",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "отка́з"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "denial",
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      "word": "отрече́ние"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "denial",
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    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "denial",
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      "word": "одрицање"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "denial",
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      "word": "odricanje"
    }
  ],
  "word": "disavowal"
}

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