disavow
(verb)
verb
1. refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with
- Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children
Definition categories: communication, deny
Sentences with disavow as a verb:
- He was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime.
- Because of her dissatisfaction, she now disavows the merits of fascism.