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Disavowing Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is RETRACTING which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: RETRACTING

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97%10Exact Match!
verb

• formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

• pull away from a source of disgust or fear

• use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

• pull inward or towards a center

90%8 Challenging an argument
verb

• overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof

• prove to be false or incorrect

75%9Exact Match!
noun

• the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

verb

• not accept something given or offered

• not accept as true

• deem wrong or inappropriate

• reject with contempt

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse entrance or membership

• dismiss from consideration or a contest

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New York Times11 Feb 1979 Across 66
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