disavowing

She writes of being “ashamed” of disavowing feminism, professing ignorance of its meaning and mission.

In short, while I was clearly disavowing the book's relevance to me, I was also admiring what it was doing for other women.

Second, disavowing a bigoted film and sympathizing with those who use it to justify violence are not the same thing.

But by early afternoon, a Ricketts aide was disavowing the Jeremiah Wright plan, proclaiming that it went too far.

Perhaps the speaker is just disavowing an article that became politically inconvenient.

The states-general voted to join the armed neutrality and, while disavowing the treaty, did not proceed against the pensionary.

Disavowing any especial clairvoyant ability, she yet achieved marvelous results from the Ouija Board.

Our readers will see that we have received a letter from Mr. Hook, disowning and disavowing all connection with this paper.

Indeed, he was too much given to publicly disavowing the very principles he believed in privately.

But his disavowing of harm, was a demonstration with my apprehensive fair-one, that harm was intended.