disavowal

[US]/ˌdɪsəˈvaʊəl/
[UK]/ˌdɪsəˈvaʊəl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. denial, rejection, refusal

Example Sentences

Utopia is the thorough animadversion and disavowal against social reality, while the latter is the end of the former.

Utopia is the thorough animadversion and disavowal against political reality, while the latter is the end of the former.

public disavowal of rumors

official disavowal of the statement

swift disavowal of any involvement

clear disavowal of any connection

disavowal of past actions

disavowal of support for the project

public disavowal of a controversial figure

formal disavowal of the decision

Real-world Examples

The virtue of Greek tragedy is that it makes such disavowal more difficult by confronting us with a situation of grief-stricken rage and disorder.

Source: Simon Critchley - Tragedy the Greeks and Us

Ambrosio suffered the most excruciating pangs that ever were invented by human cruelty: Yet so dreadful is Death when guilt accompanies it, that He had sufficient fortitude to persist in his disavowal.

Source: Monk (Part 2)

There were numerous lottery booths with white wheels--Dick was startled when he inquired at the first and encountered blank disavowals. Evil-eyed, Nicole stood apart, denying the children, resenting them as part of a downright world she sought to make amorphous.

Source: The Night is Gentle (Part Two)

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