disaffirm
Declare legally void
Disaffirm is a legal term meaning to repudiate or void a contract or agreement, especially one that is voidable rather than void from the start.
A minor who signed a contract may disaffirm it upon reaching adulthood: She disaffirmed the agreement within thirty days of turning eighteen.
The noun is disaffirmance.
Deny any association
- disclaimDeny connection or responsibility
- repudiateReject as having no authority
- disownReject connection to
- renounceFormally give up
deny · reject · refuse · negate · retract · recant · abjure · gainsay
disavow
Deny any association
- disclaimDeny connection or responsibility
- repudiateReject as having no authority
- disownReject connection to
renounce · deny · reject · refuse · negate · retract · recant · abjure · gainsay · abnegate
void
Without legal effect
abrogate · annul · quash · invalidate · set aside · overturn · countermand · repeal · vitiate · disallow
refute
Prove something untrue
controvert · confute · disprove · challenge · negate · oppose · debunk · contravene · belie · discredit
- cancelcancel, annul, nullify, invalidate, revoke