MEANING
To reject a claimed connection, responsibility, or allegiance.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- disavow an act
- disavow a statement
On the page
He disavowed the statement although his seal was still visible.
The group disavowed the attack before the smoke had cleared.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- disavow
- Past tense
- disavowed
- Past participle
- disavowed
- Present participle
- disavowing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- disavow
- Present continuous
- am/is/are disavowing
- Present perfect
- have/has disavowed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been disavowing
- Past
- disavowed
- Past continuous
- was/were disavowing
- Past perfect
- had disavowed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been disavowing
- Future
- will disavow
- Future continuous
- will be disavowing
- Future perfect
- will have disavowed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been disavowing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: disavow; disavows; disavowed; disavowed; disavowing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: disavows.
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