Verb (used with object) : He disavowed the remark that had been attributed to him.    From Dictionary.com. 

While a few retail stores we called disavowed any knowledge of such a thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Engadget] Reference

While a few retail stores we called disavowed any knowledge of such a thing, PhoneArena has a.    From Wordnik.com.  [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference

The remarkable discovery that "disavowed" implies liberal bias.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-09-01] Reference

It kind of disavowed that there are strategic weapons going from Syria into Lebanon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interview With Syrian President Bashar al-Assad] Reference

He said many of the legislators supporting Horner had "disavowed".    From Wordnik.com.  [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference

“Terrorists,” laughed Rutledge, “If that’s what you’re calling your disavowed agents, that’s fine by me.    From Wordnik.com.  [State of the Union] Reference

Congress itself has not disavowed the reform agenda.    From Wordnik.com.  [Betting On Reform] Reference

The former self-described maverick disavowed that label.    From Wordnik.com.  [Immigration Plays Major Role In Arizona Primary] Reference

In it the City disavowed any animosity towards the army.    From Wordnik.com.  [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has disavowed this proposal.    From Wordnik.com.  [What We Can Do] Reference

Correct Answer: Facebook has disavowed all knowledge of it.    From Wordnik.com.  [News quiz: The week in tech] Reference

She disavowed Davison's act, disgraced him, sent him to the.    From Wordnik.com.  [England under the Tudors] Reference

Any such intent was disavowed during the discussion of the bill.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States] Reference

I think so, but I think he's disavowed us, as well, so it's mutual.    From Wordnik.com.  [Who Is To Blame?] Reference

The Gray (D) campaign has disavowed any coordination with his efforts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fenty campaign challenges independent Gray fundraising] Reference

Once Anne left the hothouse of therapy, she disavowed her accusations.    From Wordnik.com.  [You Must Remember This] Reference

The proceeding was promptly disavowed and the overzealous official recalled.    From Wordnik.com.  [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference

Gen. D'Orgoni's mission, 233 the French Envoy's secret articles disavowed, 234.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference

The view Roberts expresses here is so crazy that he himself has quickly disavowed it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zach Carter: Conservatives Want to Live on Monopoly Money] Reference

Seoul disavowed the remark, which North Korea called "virtually a declaration of war.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Knock On The Nuclear Door?] Reference

If true, and not disavowed, they must lead to consequences too fearful to contemplate.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens] Reference

Half-veiled, disavowed thoughts rose up in it, awakened by Advena's name, turning away their heads.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Imperialist] Reference

  Both Hizbullah and Hamas had publicly disavowed any interest in backing Osama bin Laden's goals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making Enemies] Reference

Not even to the master himself: privately, Arthur Finkelstein disavowed the Dole campaign as a botch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Don't Look Now] Reference

Most recently, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan disavowed the nuclear legacy that fell to them when the U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [Future Shock] Reference

For the first time last week, Esam al-Rawi of the Asso-ciation of Muslim Scholars publicly disavowed Zarqawi.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fighting Zarqawi's Legacy] Reference

In that resolution the council expressed itself as still remaining and altogether disavowed the "engagement.".    From Wordnik.com.  [London and the Kingdom - Volume II] Reference

Whatever the reason, hipsters, and especially indie rockers, have long disavowed jam bands and their followers.    From Wordnik.com.  [For indie rockers, 'jam band' increasingly no longer a shameful term] Reference

Georgia has disavowed the act of the self-constituted, self-elected minority convention that acted in her name.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference

They contain aggressive thoughts that are disavowed, vanities that are concealed, fears that present a quiet front.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History] Reference

But that public, and this private, league were alike disavowed by the Sovereign, and both became the badge of rebellion.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Knox] Reference

Other Pequot leaders, fearing a backlash, disavowed Mr. Thomas's comments and ousted him as chairman of the tribal council.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tribe's Roll of Dice Rattles Lenders] Reference

It was an election that most voters ignored, that the international community disavowed and whose outcome was never in doubt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Haiti: A Shabby Epilogue] Reference

But Janet Reno, the attorney general at the time, disavowed the paper, saying its claims had never been accepted as official.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MILLIONAIRE MAYOR] Reference

However, Droz knows very well where to draw the line, and has formally disavowed a lascivious novel published in Belgium -- 'Un.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Mainstream pro-life groups, meanwhile, which have long disavowed the actions of the violent minority, question if the FBI is needed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Propaganda Made Me Do It] Reference