Definition for Disavowal:

• The act of disavowing, disclaiming, or disowning; rejection and denial.

Synonyms for Disavowal:

• n.

  •
  • apology,
  • attestation,
  • affirmation,
  • apologia,
  • accusation,
  • assurance,
  • assertion,
  • announcement,
  • allegation,
  • avowal.
  •abandonment (noun)
  • desertion.
  •abdication (noun)
  • stepping down.
  •annulment (noun)
  • invalidation,
  • dissolution,
  • cancellation,
  • Disaffirmation,
  • dismissal,
  • obliteration,
  • annulment,
  • deletion,
  • Extinguishment,
  • revocation,
  • neutralization,
  • undoing,
  • abolishment,
  • eradication,
  • repudiation,
  • nullification,
  • refutation,
  • divorce,
  • destruction,
  • elimination,
  • abolition,
  • rejection.
  •communication (noun)
  • disavowal.
  •confutation (noun)
  • contradiction,
  • repeal,
  • rebuttal,
  • rejoinder,
  • challenge,
  • confutation,
  • abrogation,
  • dispute,
  • conflict.
  •denial (noun)
  • prohibition,
  • renegement,
  • statement abnegation,
  • dissent,
  • noncommittal,
  • Refusing,
  • rebuff,
  • Refutal,
  • nix,
  • renouncement,
  • repulse,
  • protestation,
  • Repudiating,
  • Gainsaying,
  • declination,
  • turndown,
  • veto,
  • disapproval,
  • disproof,
  • Disallowance,
  • brush-off,
  • no way,
  • Dismissing,
  • forswearing,
  • Controversion,
  • cold shoulder,
  • nay,
  • Refraining,
  • refusal,
  • Abstaining,
  • Rejecting,
  • adjuration,
  • nonacceptance.
  •desertion (noun)
  • resignation,
  • Recreancy,
  • flight,
  • truancy,
  • tergiversation,
  • secession,
  • Absconding,
  • escape,
  • retreat,
  • forsaking,
  • departing,
  • apostasy,
  • disaffection,
  • backsliding,
  • Marooning,
  • Disavowing,
  • departure,
  • treachery,
  • retirement,
  • betrayal,
  • defecting,
  • dereliction,
  • derelict,
  • going back on,
  • avoidance,
  • leaving.
  •disclaimer (noun)
  • waiver,
  • abjuration,
  • dissociation,
  • abnegation,
  • clause.
  •refusal (noun)
  • repulsion,
  • regrets,
  • disfavor,
  • choice,
  • reversal,
  • thumbs down,
  • forbidding,
  • exclusion,
  • writ,
  • pass,
  • withholding,
  • non-consent,
  • interdiction,
  • forbiddings,
  • nonconsent,
  • declension,
  • ban,
  • option,
  • Discountenancing,
  • defiance,
  • noncompliance,
  • knockback,
  • withholdings,
  • non-compliance,
  • enjoinment.
  •relinquishment (noun)
  • abdication.
  •renunciation (noun)
  • self-abnegation,
  • defection,
  • abandonment,
  • eschewal,
  • forbearing,
  • eschewing,
  • sacrifice,
  • surrender,
  • about-face,
  • self-denial,
  • crossing,
  • Spurning,
  • yielding,
  • abstention,
  • giving up,
  • remission,
  • self-sacrifice,
  • turnabout.
  •repudiation (noun)
  • Disaffirmance.
  •retraction (noun)
  • reneging,
  • disowning,
  • backtracking,
  • Renouncing,
  • backpedaling.
  •traversal (noun)
  • statement,
  • traversal.
  •withdrawal (noun)
  • extraction,
  • revulsion,
  • disengagement,
  • exodus,
  • alienation,
  • rescission,
  • recall,
  • exit,
  • egress,
  • exiting.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • denial,
  • disclaimer,
  • egression,
  • elusion,
  • evasion,
  • falseness,
  • negation,
  • negative,
  • perfidy,
  • quitclaim,
  • recantation,
  • relinquishment,
  • renunciation,
  • retraction,
  • volte-face,
  • withdrawal,
  • Demission,
  • Disclamation,
  • Palinode,
  • Retractation,
  • Contraversion,
  • unsaying,
  • egressions,
  • elusions,
  • castoff,
  • running out on,
  • castoffs,
  • falling away.

Paraphrases for Disavowal:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    denial.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    rejection, refusal.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    repudiation, negation, abrogation.

Antonyms for Disavowal:

• n.

  • denial
    confirmation, affirmation, ratification, permission, allowance, Vouching, avowal, agreement, sanction, claim, corroboration, approval.
  • desertion
    arrival, assistance, stay, meeting, Staying, help, aid, coming.
  • negation
    similarity, ok, same.
  • negative
    positive.
  • recantation
    restoration.
  • refusal
    offer, acceptance, grant, attraction, endorsement.
  • renunciation
    condonement.
  • repudiation
    acknowledgment.
  • retraction
    reaffirmation.
  • turndown
    inclusion, admittance, welcome, acquiescence.
  • withdrawal
    entrance, remainder.
  • Other antonyms:
    testament, documentation, validation, testimony, substantiation, attestation.

Disavowal Sentence Examples:

• The President called for a disavowal of the acts by which the Lusitania and other vessels had been sunk, all possible reparation, and steps to prevent the recurrence of such deeds.

• If by a " definite reply" you mean the direct avowal or disavowal required in your first letter, I have no other answer to give than that which has already been given.

Homophones for Disavowal:

• dishevel, dishful, disavowable, decayable, deshabille, decouple, dog hobble, dog flea, decibel, disk file, discocephali, disable, dispel, disciple, dissociable, decisively, display, detachable, dishabille, Dutch people, deducible, despoil, duckbill.

Hypernym for Disavowal:

• n.

  • communication
    recantation, retraction, abjuration.

Hyponym for Disavowal:

• n.

  • communication
    denial.