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disavowal

[dis-uh-vou-uhl] / ˌdɪs əˈvaʊ əl /






NOUN
negative
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It is literature about a disavowal of literature: an illusion of a book that cannot be written.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

“It’s been sad to see the disavowal of every policy position he ever stood for,” says a former senior White House official from the first term who worked with Hassett.

From Barron's • Dec. 11, 2025

Even with ACEP’s disavowal, courts may be reluctant to reopen resolved cases, said Jim Davy, a civil rights lawyer in Philadelphia.

From Scientific American • Oct. 16, 2023

Without such disavowal, the court said in a unanimous decision this May, “Fikre remained stigmatized ‘as a known or suspected terrorist.’”

From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2022

For that reason, “the disavowal required of me by Col Burr, in a general and indefinite form, was out of my power.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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