disavow

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• /dɪsəˈvaʊ/
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• rhymes with -aʊ
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH2 S AH0 V AW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From dis- + avow, or from Old French desavouer.

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: отричам се (otričam se) — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• Czech: popřít — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• Czech: neznat se — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• Czech: distancovat se — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• Dutch: verloochenen — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• Esperanto: malkonfesi — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• Esperanto: malagnoski — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• French: désavouer — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• Georgian: უარყოფა (uarq̇opa) — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• Georgian: პასუხისმგებლობის მოხსნა (ṗasuxismgeblobis moxsna) — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• German: abstreiten — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• German: leugnen — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• German: von sich weisen — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• German: verleugnen — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• German: sich distanzieren von — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• German: desavouieren — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• German: zurückweisen — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• German: ableugnen — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• Hungarian: tagad — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• Hungarian: nem ismer el — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• Hungarian: visszautasít — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• Hungarian: vitat — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• Latin: diffiteor — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• Māori: whākorekore — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• Māori: whakahore — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• Norwegian: fornekte — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• Russian: отрекаться (otrekatʹsja) — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• Spanish: repudiar — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• Swedish: desavouera — to strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like
• Bulgarian: отказвам се (otkazvam se) — to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind
• Czech: popřít — to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind
• Dutch: ontkennen — to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind
• Finnish: kiistää — to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind
• Finnish: kieltää — to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind
• French: désavouer — to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind
• French: désapprouver — to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind
• German: bestreiten — to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind
• German: zurückweisen — to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind
• German: in Abrede stellen — to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind
• German: nicht anerkennen — to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind
• German: sich distanzieren von — to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind
• Hungarian: elhatárolódik — to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind
• Hungarian: elutasít — to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind
• Hungarian: dezavuál — to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind
• Ido: repudiar — to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind
• Russian: дезавуировать (dezavuirovatʹ) — to deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind