Disavow - plus, name that synonym

[Merriam-Webster]( WORD OF THE DAY [February 17, 2019](#none) disavow [Audio pronunciation]( verb | dis-uh-VOW Definition 1 : to deny responsibility for : [repudiate]( 2 : to refuse to acknowledge or accept : [disclaim]( Scroll down for more about disavow TRENDING NOW: [feckless]( [emergency]( [national emergency]( [apoplectic]( [SEE ALL [>]]( PEOPLE ARE READING # [The Illuminating History of 'Gaffer']( # [The News On 'Nontroversy']( # [The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 2/15/19]( # ['Orient' or 'Orientate'?]( WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE [What did you just call me?! A Quiz]( Never be caught off guard [PLAY NOW]( Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try! [TAKE ME THERE [>]]( Did You Know? If you trace the etymology of disavow back through Middle English to Anglo-French, you'll arrive eventually at the prefix des- and the verb avouer, meaning "to [avow](." The prefix des-, in turn, derives from the Latin prefix dis-, meaning "apart." That Latin prefix plays a significant role in many current English words, including [disadvantage](, [disappoint](, and [disagree](. Avouer is from Latin advocare, meaning "to summon," and is also the source of our word [advocate](. Examples of DISAVOW It seems the college's president is now trying to disavow her previous statements. "Last week in Beijing, ['Crazy Rich Asians'] director Jon M. Chu essentially disavowed every word in the film's title. 'The film is a satire,' Chu told the state-affiliated Global Times. 'It's not about "crazy rich" or "Asians" actually—it's about the opposite of that. It's about how all those things mean nothing and it comes down to our own relationships and finding love and our own families.'" — Rebecca Davis, Variety, 29 Nov. 2018 Name That Synonym Unscramble the letters to create a synonym of disavow: TCRETAR. [VIEW THE ANSWER [>]]( WORD OF THE YEAR 2018 Justice + 10 more Read why justice is our Word of the Year, plus lodestar, epiphany, pansexual, and 7 more top words! [SEE THE FULL LIST [>]]( MORE WORD FUN: [WORD GAMES [>]]( [TRENDING NOW [>]]( [WORDS AT PLAY [>]]( FOLLOW US: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( [Instagram]( [Pinterest]( SHARE: [Facebook][Facebook]( [Twitter][Twitter]( [View this email in a web browser]( You are receiving this email because you opted in to receive the Merriam-Webster Word of the Day. [Unsubscribe from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day]( [Manage your subscription settings]( Merriam-Webster, Inc. 47 Federal Street P.O. Box 281 Springfield, MA 01102 [www.merriam-webster.com](