verloochenen — meaning in English

English meaning

• belie verb To lie all around something, or surround it.
• disavow verb To formally deny responsibility for or support of something.
• disown verb To refuse to acknowledge someone, especially a family member, as belonging to you anymore.
• renege verb To break a promise or go back on an agreement.

Senses

verloochenen is used for these senses in English:

• belie (transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false. [from 17th c.]
• disavow (transitive) To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like.
• disown (transitive) To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
• renege (transitive, archaic) To deny; to renounce

belie — full definition

1. verb To lie all around something, or surround it.
2. verb To close in around something; to besiege it.

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