English-German translations for disavow

• ableugnen
• abstreiten
• bestreiten
• desavouieren
  Frau Kommissarin, in dieser Frage desavouieren Sie Ihren eigenen Präsidenten. On this issue, Commissioner, you are disavowing your own President.
• sich distanzieren von
• verleugnen
• widersagen
• widersprechen
• zurückweisen

Definition of disavow

• To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• To deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind

Examples

• He was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime
• Because of her dissatisfaction, she now disavows the merits of fascism

Related words

• disable
• disaster
• disappear
• disagree
• disability
• disapprove
• disappearance
• disappoint
• disastrous
• disappointment