"disavow" meaning in English

See disavow in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /dɪsəˈvaʊ/ Audio: en-us-disavow.ogg [US], en-au-disavow.ogg [Australia] Forms: disavow [canonical], disavows [third-person, singular], disavowed [past], disavowed [past, participle], disavowing [present, participle]
Etymology: dis- + avow Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|dis|avow}} dis- + avow Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you disavow an act or idea, you say it was not yours.
    Sense id: simple-disavow-en-verb-4LRyT7lf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with dis-
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