English to Afrikaans Meaning of disavow - loochenen

Disavow :

loochenen

verb

ontken, weier, negeer, weerspreek, verwerp, loochenen

Disavow :: loochenenDisavowal :: loocheningDisavowals :: disavowalsDisavowed :: afkeurenswaardigeDisavowing :: disavowingDisavows :: disavows

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Definitions of disavow in English

Verb(1) refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with

Examples of disavow in English

(1) the union leaders resisted pressure to disavow picket-line violence(2) Some people cope by denial or disavowal , making open communication less appropriate in the earlier stages.(3) So, while not disavowing the memo should your Democratic staff on the select committee be taking that as a straightforward admonition?(4) Perhaps unsurprisingly, then, its advocates are now increasingly disavowing any intention of adding intelligent design to science curricula.(5) But it isn't just the hard right that's disavowing Wilson.(6) Michael, is this in your judgment, even though there have been disavowals , that there would be any interest on the part of the major parties in making this a religion government?(7) The child copes by disavowing her earlier German-Jewish identity by becoming English and changing her name to Evelyn.(8) In the election of 1920, the nation chose to elevate Warren G. Harding and his gang of crooked friends to power, disavowing Wilson, the League, and the Treaty of Versailles.(9) The mainstream Mormon church has disavowed it.(10) The keyhole supposedly provides a kind of voyeuristic pleasure in observing while being unobserved, but this pleasure is predicated on disavowing the possibility that the object of spectatorship is aware of your gaze.(11) As an artist, he has knowingly signed forged drawings and disavows responsibility for his sometimes salacious subject matter.(12) The bottom line: both ABC News and the Washington Post are now disavowing any claim that the alleged ├ö├ç├┐talking points memo├ö├ç├û was authored by a Republican, let alone that it was some kind of official Republican strategy memo.(13) In light of my research into the Reagan administration's democracy promotion policies, I have long been concerned that conservatives would pay lip service to democratization while disavowing it in practice.(14) Murray isn't really backing off; she says that her remarks were ├ö├ç├┐off the cuff,├ö├ç├û but hasn't disavowed them.(15) Such disavowals always remind me of Henry Kissinger's line that when a state denies it intends to take a course of action, it is signalling to others that it has the capacity to take such action if it wishes.(16) What's more, Clark added, ├ö├ç├┐the administration's never disavowed this intent.├ö├ç├û

(1) natural disaster ::

natuurramp

(2) disaster area ::

rampgebied

(3) fire disaster ::

vuur ramp

(4) disaster prevention ::

ramp voorkoming

(5) nuclear disaster ::

kernramp

Synonyms

Verb

1. deny ::

ontken

2. disclaim ::

ontken

3. disown ::

verloën

4. wash one's hands of ::

was 'n mens se hande van

5. repudiate ::

verwerp

6. reject ::

verwerp

7. renounce ::

verwerp

Antonyms

1. acknowledge ::

erken

2. admit ::

erken

3. allow ::

toelaat

4. avow ::

avow

5. concede ::

toegee

6. confirm ::

bevestig

7. own ::

eie

Different Forms

disavow, disavowal, disavowals, disavowed, disavowing, disavows

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