disavowal C2 Topic:Communication US /ˌdɪs.əˈvaʊ.əl/ UK /ˌdɪs.əˈvaʊ.əl/ See IPA manual Freq #176112 Meanings 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. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an act or statement denying... denialdisclaimerrepudiationrenunciation ↔ Opposites avowalacknowledgmentendorsement Word family Forms disavowals Related forms disavowavowaldisclaimdisownrepudiate Etymology 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"). Topics Communication External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # disavowal **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˌdɪs.əˈvaʊ.əl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌdɪs.əˈvaʊ.əl/ **Frequency rank:** 176112 ## Meanings 1. an act or statement denying knowledge of, responsibility for, connection with, or support for something ## Examples - The organization issued a public disavowal of the violent remarks. ## Synonyms - denial - disclaimer - repudiation - renunciation ## Antonyms - avowal - acknowledgment - endorsement ## Related Forms - disavow - avowal - disclaim - disown - repudiate ## Etymology 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"). ## Topics - Communication markdown