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Antonyms for disavowal

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dis-uh-vou-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɪs əˈvaʊ əl


Definition of disavowal

Origin :
  • 1748; see disavow + -al (2).
  • As in negation : noun contradiction, denial
  • As in negative : noun contradiction
  • As in refusal : noun denial of responsibility; unwillingness
  • As in renunciation : noun abandonment, rejection
  • As in withdrawal : noun removal; retraction
  • As in repudiation : noun denial
  • As in retraction : noun recantation
  • As in repudiation : noun rejection
  • As in retraction : noun withdrawal
  • As in abdication : noun relinquishment
  • As in palinode : noun retraction
  • As in quitclaim : noun abdication
  • As in recantation : noun retraction
  • As in relinquishment : noun abdication
  • As in retractation : noun retraction
  • As in traversal : noun denial
  • As in turndown : noun refusal
  • As in denial : noun dismissal, refusal of belief in
  • As in desertion : noun abandonment
  • As in disclaimer : noun repudiation
Example sentences :
  • England demanded a disavowal of the treaty and the punishment of the pensionary.
  • Extract from : « The Political History of England - Vol. X. » by William Hunt
  • He, however, afterward retracted this disavowal, and owned Demaratus as his son.
  • Extract from : « Xerxes » by Jacob Abbott
  • Pyotr Petrovitch had the good sense to accept the disavowal.
  • Extract from : « Crime and Punishment » by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • This led to his disavowal and resignation on his return to Paris.
  • Extract from : « The Greville Memoirs (Third Part) Volume I (of II) » by Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville
  • And this disavowal we make as spontaneously and promptly as we can.
  • Extract from : « The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country, From 1800 to 1860 » by C. F. G. Clark
  • Their duet of disavowal of any such knowledge was keyed high.
  • Extract from : « When Egypt Went Broke » by Holman Day
  • There is nothing so conformable to reason as the disavowal of reason.
  • Extract from : « The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal » by Blaise Pascal
  • This disavowal was signed by Lady Byron herself, and was witnessed by Mr. Wilmot.
  • Extract from : « Byron » by Richard Edgcumbe
  • The disavowal of the Hetærist enterprise by the Czar was fatal to its success.
  • Extract from : « History of Modern Europe 1972-1878 » by C. A. Fyffe
  • From the point of view of the Allies, the disavowal came too late.
  • Extract from : « With the French in France and Salonika » by Richard Harding Davis

Synonyms for disavowal

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