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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
disavow (third-person singular simple present disavows, present participle disavowing, simple past and past participle disavowed)
(transitive) To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like.
Synonyms: abjure, deny, disclaim, disown, reject
Antonyms: accept, own up
(transitive) To deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind.
Synonyms: disprove, deny, impugn, reject, repudiate
Antonyms: accept, prove
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Source: Wiktionary
Dis`a*vow", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disavowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disavowing.] Etym: [F. désavouer; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + avouer to avow. See Avow, and cf. Disavouch.]
1. To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, an the like; to disclaim; to disown; as, he was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime. A solemn promise made and disavowed. Dryden.
2. To deny; to show the contrary of; to disprove. Yet can they never Toss into air the freedom of my birth, Or disavow my blood Plantagenet's. Ford.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 April 2024
(adjective) of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle
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