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v. refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"

disclaim, renounce title to

v. renounce a legal claim or title to

discard, toss, fling, put away, throw out, chuck out, throw away, cast away, cast out, cast aside, toss away, toss out, dispose of

v. throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

disinherit, disown

v. prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

condemn, judge unfit, declare unfit

v. declare or judge unfit; "The building was condemned by the inspector"

discount, disregard, ignore, brush off, dismiss, brush aside, push aside

v. bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances"

disregard, neglect, slight, ignore, cold-shoulder

v. have no respect for

disprove, refute, rebut

v. overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments"

refute, rebut, controvert

v. prove to be false or incorrect

contradict, controvert, oppose

v. be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion"

cancel, declare null, declare void

v. declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law"

disprove, confute

v. prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"

impugn, attack as false, attack as wrong

v. attack as false or wrong

dispute, challenge, gainsay

v. take exception to; "She challenged his claims"

oppose, be against, express opposition to

v. be against; express opposition to; "We oppose the ban on abortion"

renounce, repudiate

v. cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

contrast, be in contrast

v. to show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities"

vary

v. be subject to change in accordance with a variable; "Prices vary"; "His moods vary depending on the weather"

support, sustain, confirm, substantiate, corroborate, affirm

v. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"

concur, agree

v. be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point"

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