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Main Entry:
dis·a·vow
[
dis-
uh
-
vou
]
/
ˌdɪs
əˈvaʊ
/
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Part of Speech:
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Main Entry:
disavow
Part of Speech:
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Example Sentences
In the name of reconciliation, politicians disavow the militias that once killed on their behalf.
The authorities mendaciously claimed that he has been released, a tactic that helps them disavow responsibility.
The university can disavow him publicly, of course, while still affirming the worth of tenure.
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In the name of reconciliation, politicians disavow the militias that once killed on their behalf.
The authorities mendaciously claimed that he has been released, a tactic that helps them disavow responsibility.
The university can disavow him publicly, of course, while still affirming the worth of tenure.
But, if you are captured or killed, the secretary will disavow any knowledge of this post.
But to disavow all bumping as being impossible based on this uncertainty seems to miss the danger which bumping can pose.
Judicial nominees, meanwhile, scrambled to disavow positions they had taken before the society.
For it to disavow its regulatory lusts would be a prodigious act of self-denial.
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