disavowal
Denial of responsibility
Disavowal is the act of denying responsibility, connection, or approval.
A politician issues a disavowal of controversial remarks made by a supporter.
A company publishes a disavowal of its former CEO's conduct.
The word carries formal weight—stronger than mere denial, it actively repudiates any association: His disavowal of the conspiracy theories came too late to matter.
Sworn repudiation of allegiance
- forswearingFormally rejecting or abandoning
- relinquishmentFormal giving up
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
- forgoingVoluntarily doing without
eschewal · surrender · disowning · repudiation · forsaking
Statement denying responsibility
- negationDenial or cancellation
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
- refutationDisproving a statement
- rebuttalFormal response disputing claims
disputation · retraction · recantation · disaffirmation · abnegation · naysaying · disownment · disproof
Statement denying responsibility
- waiverFormal surrender of rights
- retractionFormal withdrawal of statement
- recantationFormal withdrawal of statement
- revocationOfficial cancellation of privilege
annulment · rescission · withdrawal · nullification · repeal · disaffirmation · quitclaim · voiding
Act of declining
- rebuffAbrupt, curt rejection
- spurningContemptuously refusing or dismissing
- dismissalRemoval from position
- turndownAct of declining
nonacceptance · disapproval · rebuke · cold-shoulder · snub · brush-off · repulse · exclusion
abjuration
Sworn repudiation of allegiance
- forswearingFormally rejecting or abandoning
- relinquishmentFormal giving up
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
forgoing · eschewal · surrender · disowning · repudiation · forsaking
disclaimer
Statement denying responsibility
- negationDenial or cancellation
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
- refutationDisproving a statement
rebuttal · disputation · retraction · recantation · disaffirmation · abnegation · naysaying · disownment · disproof · debunking
disclaimer
Statement denying responsibility
- waiverFormal surrender of rights
- retractionFormal withdrawal of statement
- recantationFormal withdrawal of statement
revocation · annulment · rescission · withdrawal · nullification · repeal · disaffirmation · quitclaim · voiding · abrogation
refusal
Act of declining
- rebuffAbrupt, curt rejection
- spurningContemptuously refusing or dismissing
- dismissalRemoval from position
turndown · nonacceptance · disapproval · rebuke · cold-shoulder · snub · brush-off · repulse · exclusion
- disclaimerswarning, fine print, notice, terms of use, waiver
- formal statementsdeclaration, statement, assertion, affirmation, attestation
- rejectionrejection, reject, denial, refuse, refusal
- reversalsreverse, undo, revert, overturn, flip
- expressions of disassociationnot my problem, none of my business, count me out, leave me out, not affiliated
- objectionsobjection, complaint, protest, refutation, demur
disavowalendorsement
Formal expression of support
embrace · adoption · championship · espousal · backing
disavowalavowal
Open declaration of belief
acknowledgment · admission · confession · acknowledgement · affirmation