disaffirms
Legally repudiates contracts
Disaffirms is the third-person singular of disaffirm, meaning to deny, repudiate, or refuse to acknowledge.
In legal contexts, to disaffirm is to void or reject a contract or agreement: The minor disaffirms the contract upon reaching adulthood.
More generally, it means to contradict or declare untrue: She disaffirms any involvement in the scandal.
Make of no effect
- annulDeclare legally void
- voidWithout legal effect
- invalidateMake null or void
- cancelRevoke or terminate
abrogate · quash · vitiate · negate · undo · overturn · strike down · vacate
Prove something untrue
- disavowDeny any association
- repudiateReject as having no authority
- disclaimDeny connection or responsibility
- disownReject connection to
deny · rebuff · contradict · gainsay · negate · dispute · challenge · counter
nullify
Make of no effect
- annulDeclare legally void
- voidWithout legal effect
- invalidateMake null or void
cancel · abrogate · quash · vitiate · negate · undo · overturn · strike down · vacate · abolish
refute
Prove something untrue
- disavowDeny any association
- repudiateReject as having no authority
- disclaimDeny connection or responsibility
disown · deny · rebuff · contradict · gainsay · negate · dispute · challenge · counter · reject
retract
Withdraw something said
renounce · withdraw · revoke · rescind · countermand · reverse · backtrack · unsay · take back · walk back
disprove
Prove something untrue
rebut · contradict · counter · confute · expose · undermine · demolish · puncture · belie · falsify