disavow
Example Sentences
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Paul opened the hearing by confronting Mullin about those remarks and asking him to disavow them.
Mr. Steiner was put in the awkward position of disavowing his own private journal’s description of events.
She resists the idea of entirely disavowing the life she led with her ex-husband.
From BBC
Even as his clout has grown, though, Rogan has sought to disavow his authority.
He later defended his comments and said that he had been using hyperbole to make a point, adding that he disavowed racists and that media reports had ignored the context of his comments.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
