disavow
verb
[ dɪsəˈvaʊ ]
• deny any responsibility or support for.
• "the union leaders resisted pressure to disavow picket-line violence"
Similar:
deny,
disclaim,
disown,
wash one's hands of,
reject,
repudiate,
contradict,
rebut,
abjure,
renounce,
forswear,
eschew,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French desavouer .
