disav6wal

[Pref. dis, and Eng. avowal (q. v.).] The act of disavowing, disclaiming, or disowning; a denial. "An earnest disavowal of fear often proceeds from fear."-Richardson. Clari a. Crabb thus discriminates between disavowal and denial : "The disavowal is a general declaration; the denial is a particular a ertion: the former is made voluntarily and unasked for, the latter is always in direct answer to a charge: wo disavow in matters of general interest where truth only is concerned; we deny in matters of personal interest where the character or feelings are implicated. What is disavowed is generally in support of truth; what is denied may often be in direct violation of truth: an honest mind will always dis avow whatever has been erroneously attributed to it; a timid person sometimes denies what he knows to be true from a fear of the consequences: many persons have disavowed being the author of the letters which are known as the 'Letters of Junius." ( Crabb : Eng Synon.) *dis-a-vow-ançe, s . [Eng. disavow ; -ance .] The act of disavowing; a disavowal, a denial. "An utter denial and disavow ance of this point."-South: Serm., vol. vi., ser. 1. dis-a-vowed, pa. par. or a. [DISAVOW.]