Both Uses of
disavow
in
Common Sense, by Thomas Paine
- Secondly, Because it exhibits a body of men, numbers of whom disavow the publishing political testimonies, as being concerned therein and approvers thereof.†
Chpt Appe *
- Sincerely wishing, that as men and christians, ye may always fully and uninterruptedly enjoy every civil and religious right; and be, in your turn, the means of securing it to others; but that the example which ye have unwisely set, of mingling religion with politics, MAY BE DISAVOWED AND REPROBATED BY EVERY INHABITANT OF _AMERICA.†
Chpt Appe
Definition:
to refuse to have knowledge of, responsibility for, or association with