disavowals
Acts of renouncing
Disavowals are denials of responsibility, knowledge, or association.
A politician issues a disavowal of controversial remarks.
A company's disavowal of a former executive distances the organization from scandal.
The word often implies formal or public rejection: Despite his disavowals, evidence linked him to the scheme.
Opposing claims, incompatible together
- refutationDisproving a statement
- negationDenial or cancellation
- rebuttalFormal response disputing claims
- disclaimerStatement denying responsibility
refusal · disputation · dissent · rejection · dismissal · repudiation · disconfirmation · counterstatement
Formal giving up
- abdicationFormal surrender of power
- forswearingFormally rejecting or abandoning
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
resignation · abjuration · abnegation · forgoing · yielding · waiver · cession · rejection
Formal withdrawal of statement
- retractionFormal withdrawal of statement
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- backtrackingReversing to find alternatives
- reversalComplete change of direction
about-face · turnaround · walkback · climbdown · backpedaling · unsaying · renouncement · rescission
Emotional separation between people
- disinheritanceExclusion from inheritance
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- excommunicationFormal barring from sacraments
alienation · disaffiliation · dissociation · severing · disclaiming · expulsion · banishment · rejection
Denial of acceptance
- dismissalRemoval from position
- spurningContemptuously refusing or dismissing
- rebuffAbrupt, curt rejection
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
scorning · denouncement · condemnation · disowning · snubbing · brush-off · cold-shoulder · turning-away
contradiction
Opposing claims, incompatible together
- refutationDisproving a statement
- negationDenial or cancellation
- rebuttalFormal response disputing claims
disclaimer · refusal · disputation · dissent · rejection · dismissal · repudiation · disconfirmation · counterstatement · naysaying
relinquishment
Formal giving up
- abdicationFormal surrender of power
- forswearingFormally rejecting or abandoning
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
surrender · resignation · abjuration · abnegation · forgoing · yielding · waiver · cession · rejection · disclaiming
recantation
Formal withdrawal of statement
- retractionFormal withdrawal of statement
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- backtrackingReversing to find alternatives
reversal · about-face · turnaround · walkback · climbdown · backpedaling · unsaying · renouncement · rescission · recall
estrangement
Emotional separation between people
- disinheritanceExclusion from inheritance
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
- ostracismBanishment from a group
excommunication · alienation · disaffiliation · dissociation · severing · disclaiming · expulsion · banishment · rejection · divestiture
rejection
Denial of acceptance
- dismissalRemoval from position
- spurningContemptuously refusing or dismissing
- rebuffAbrupt, curt rejection
rebuke · scorning · denouncement · condemnation · disowning · snubbing · brush-off · cold-shoulder · turning-away · discrediting
- rejectionsno, rejection letter, refusal, denial letter, decline
disavowalsendorsements
Formal declarations of support
avowals · affirmations · acknowledgments · confirmations · acceptances
disavowalsadmissions
Acts of letting in
confessions · acknowledgments · acceptances · claims · ownership
disavowalsendorsements
Formal declarations of support
approvals · validations · affirmations · sanctions · ratifications