Disavowal: alternatives and connections

The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and…

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The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction.

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The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws.

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The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation.

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To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like; to disclaim; to disown; as, he was c…

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To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like; to disclaim; to disown; as, he was c…

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One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.

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