verb

1. To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like.

   “He was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime.”

2. To deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind.

   “Because of her dissatisfaction, she now disavows the merits of fascism.”

Synonyms: abjure, deny, disclaim, disown, reject, deny, disprove, impugn