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disowning
noun as in palinode
noun as in recantation
noun as in repudiation
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in retractation
noun as in retraction
Example Sentences
The informal approach to disowning a relative involves cutting off communication and taking steps to ensure that you will no longer see them.
Many are conflicted, yearning to turn the page but not disowning the former president.
"In the early 1990s several major LGBTQ+ rights groups even had to make statements explicitly disowning The North American Man-Boy Love Association, showing how much this myth permeated public consciousness."
Yet that story is just one among dozens of similar examples: Obama was accused of disowning the Boy Scouts, court-martialing Christian service members or plotting to kill white people with Ebola.
Supporting her now does not require disowning a single position.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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