Disavow /(?)/

Dis·a·vow

Disavow

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Disavowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disavowing

  1. To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like; to disclaim; to disown; as, he was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime.
    A solemn promise made and disavowed.
  2. To deny; to show the contrary of; to disprove.
    Yet can they never Toss into air the freedom of my birth, Or disavow my blood Plantagenet's.