to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disavow; disown

disclaiming all participation.

Law . to renounce a claim or right to.

to reject the claims or authority of.

Law . to renounce or repudiate a legal claim or right.

Obsolete . to disavow interest.

verb

accept , acknowledge , admit , allow , claim , own

verb

abandon , abjure , abnegate , belittle , contradict , contravene , criticize , decline , deprecate , disacknowledge , disaffirm , disallow , disavow , discard , disown , disparage , divorce oneself from , forswear , gainsay , minimize , negate , recant , refuse , reject , renounce , repudiate , retract , revoke , spurn , traverse , turn back on , wash hands of , deny