verleugnen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- 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.
- renounce verb To formally give up a right, title, or claim.
- repudiate verb To reject a claim, idea or association firmly and publicly, and to state that you want nothing to do with it.
Senses
verleugnen is used for these senses in English:
- 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
- renounce (transitive) To decline further association with someone or something, disown.
- repudiate (transitive) To reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
- repudiate (transitive) To refuse to have any relation to; to disown.
disown — full definition
- verb To refuse to acknowledge someone, especially a family member, as belonging to you anymore.
- verb To deny any connection with or responsibility for something.
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