0 the action of saying that you know nothing about something, or that you have no responsibility for or connection with something: --
Despite its initial disavowals, the company clearly intends to make moves.
The only thing that could make this right would be a public disavowal of his former friend.
For all his disavowal of organized religion, he continues to strive for spirituality.
His disavowal of class politics and public ownership upset traditional socialists.