disavows

Verb

disavow (third-person singular simple present disavows, present participle disavowing, simple past and past participle disavowed)

1. (transitive) To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like.
   • He was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime.

   Synonyms:

   abjure, deny, disclaim, disown, reject

   Antonyms:

   accept, own up

2. (transitive) To deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind.
   • Because of her dissatisfaction, she now disavows the merits of socialism.

   Synonyms:

   disprove, deny, impugn, reject, repudiate

   Antonyms:

   accept, prove