Repudiate (8)
'repudiate' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for disavow that I've seen before include "Disclaim" , "Deny responsibility for (something)" , "To deny support" , "To deny knowledge of" , "Refuse to acknowledge" .)
'repudiate' is the definition.
(I know that repudiate is a more specific form of deny)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for deny that I've seen before include "Refuse access to" , "contest" , "Repudiate, disavow" , "Declare untrue" , "Refuse to admit (something)" .)
'repudiate' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for disown that I've seen before include "Disclaim or deny" , "Abnegate" , "Repudiate, cast off" , "Forsake" , "Refuse to be associated with (something/someone)" .)
'repudiate' is the definition.
(recanting is a kind of repudiating)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for recant that I've seen before include "Withdrawn former statement or belief" , "Retract opinion" , "Revoke a former declaration" , "Deny" , "Abjure, forswear" .)
'repudiate' is the definition.
(refuting is a kind of repudiating)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for refute that I've seen before include "Prove that statement or accusation is wrong" , "Negate" , "Prove wrong; deny" , "Disprove" , "Prove something to be wrong" .)
'repudiate' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for adjure that I've seen before include "Command or counsel solemnly" , "Charge on oath" , "Urge or command solemnly" .)
'repudiate' is the definition.
(I know that repudiate can be written as renounce)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for renounce that I've seen before include "Abandon, give up" , "Foreswear, relinquish" , "Give up, abdicate" , "Publicly give up rights" , "Abandon (claim)" .)