单词 | disavowing |
释义 | disavowingn. The action of disavowing something; esp. refusal to acknowledge or accept something; disavowal. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > repudiation or refusal to acknowledge > [noun] unknowledgea1400 disclaimc1436 disappropriation1555 abrenunciation1557 disclaiming1574 disavowry1588 disavowing1602 disclamation1606 disavowment1618 disavower1648 disavowal1660 disavowancea1716 disclaimer1748 repudiation1858 1602 F. Marbury Serm. preached at Paules Crosse sig. D8 The confession of the truth of it is not much more generall, then the disauowing and reiecting of the practise. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Niement, a denying, disaduowing, or gainsaying. 1651 Bp. J. Taylor XXVIII Serm. iv. 43 No publick or imaginative disavowings..can be sufficient. 1739 View Polit. Trans. Great-Brit. 48 This was, in Effect, a disavowing the Justice of our Proceedings at that Time. 1783 Ann. Reg. 1782 i. 12/1 The disavowing of their treaty with Ragaboy..could not but greatly irritate that body. 1994 P. P. Muisener Understanding & Treating Adolescent Substance Abuse x. 193 Understanding his disavowing and projecting might help the young addict to identify with other program members. 2013 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 24 Jan. He offered a liberal anchoring, that it is not a disavowing of American values but an affirmation of them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). disavowingadj. Characterized by disavowal; that disavows something. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [adjective] refusing1409 negative1576 declining1639 declinatory1673 ungiving1682 negativing1776 disavowing1828 1828 S. T. Coleridge Poet. Wks. II. 79 That weary, wandering, disavowing Look! 1983 E. T. Hall Dance of Life v. 82 We can see this disavowing pattern in the whole ‘born again’ syndrome of American life. 2011 V. Olwell Genius of Democracy ii. 78 By opening the door to them, even in this disavowing manner, The Bostonians also lets them in and entertains them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1602adj.1828 |
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