DISAVOWED Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

disavowed

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past tense of disavow

as in denied

to declare not to be true disavowed the testimony that she had given earlier in the trial

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as in refused

to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility the government will disavow any knowledge of your mission

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Recent Examples of disavowed Although Ye’s appearance headlining the festival had been controversial since it was announced last week, and the mayor of London had disavowed it, the furor took on more steam Sunday after Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned Ye’s appearance in a statement to the British newspaper the Sun. —

Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026 Tehran has disavowed the administration’s characterization of negotiations. —

Michael Loria, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026 My mother disavowed her first tears. —

Han Ong, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026 The decay of this still favorable situation began with a papal allocution of April 29 in which Pius, conscious of the danger of an Austrian and German schism, disavowed any intention of declaring war on any Christian nation. —

Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Mar. 2026 Eight women accused Landis in a report in The Daily Beast that led to him being dropped by his management company, to being disavowed by one of his film’s directors, and to another project falling apart. —

Brian Welk, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2026 In a statement to 12 News, a local outlet, Scileppi disavowed any connection to the Guthrie case. —

Michael Ruiz , Christina Dugan Ramirez , Adriana James-Rodil, FOXNews.com, 21 Feb. 2026 The move was soon reversed by President Abraham Lincoln, and Grant later disavowed it—but Owens did not. —

Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026 Prior to that, the council had also debated a whether El Cajon police should cooperate with ICE, a proposal which Kendrick had also disavowed. —

Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026

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If a parent applies for a Parent PLUS Loan and is denied, the student may automatically qualify for additional federal aid, up to $4,000 for underclassmen and $5,000 for upperclassmen.

— La'Tasha Givens, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
On April 9, he was denied bail.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026