Usage examples (33)

• My loss of interest in contemporary culture was only a symptom of a deeper malady – a disavowal of almost everything that had once fascinated or at least entertained me.
• We start with the statement of a “fact” and we’re left with a disavowal from the also anonymous Teddy.
• Wonder if the big news orgs will note this in their coverage of McCain's "disavowal" of Black's remarks.
• Apart from the fact of her disappearance is what I can only read as her final "disavowal" of the "Feminist" label.