verb
- denying or contradicting something previously stated or believed; refusing to confirm or support
Usage: present participle of disaffirm; formal
Examples
- The witness was disaffirming his earlier testimony under cross-examination.
- By disaffirming the contract, the company avoided legal liability.
- The politician kept disaffirming the allegations made against him.
- She was disaffirming her previous commitment to the project.
- The court ruling was disaffirming the lower court’s decision.
- He found himself disaffirming beliefs he had held for years.