disavowal

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an act or statement denying knowledge of, responsibility for, connection with, or support for something

   The organization issued a public disavowal of the violent remarks.

Formed from disavow + -al, or analyzed as dis- + avowal. Disavow comes from Old French desavouer ("to disclaim or deny"), combining a reversing prefix with avouer ("to acknowledge").

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