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DISAVOWAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disavowal mean? 

DISAVOWAL (noun)
  The noun DISAVOWAL has 1 sense:

1. denial of any connection with or knowledge ofplay

  Familiarity information: DISAVOWAL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DISAVOWAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Denial of any connection with or knowledge of

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

disavowal; disclaimer

Hypernyms ("disavowal" is a kind of...):

denial (the act of refusing to comply (as with a request))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disavowal"):

abjuration; recantation; retraction (a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion)

Derivation:

disavow (refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with)


 Context examples 


I saw plainly how you would look; and heard your impetuous republican answers, and your haughty disavowal of any necessity on your part to augment your wealth, or elevate your standing, by marrying either a purse or a coronet.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



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