Associations to the word «Disavow»

Wiktionary

DISAVOW, verb. To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like; to disclaim; to disown.
DISAVOW, verb. To deny; to show the contrary of; to disprove.

Dictionary definition

DISAVOW, verb. Refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne