Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disavow"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disavow \Dis`a*vow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disavowed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Disavowing}.] [F. d['e]savouer; pref. d['e]s- (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, and 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
disavow
v : refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility
for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her
after 30 years of marriage and six children" [ant: {avow}]
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