disavow

verb2

1. •
   To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like.

   • He was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime.
2. •
   To deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind.

   • Because of her dissatisfaction, she now disavows the merits of socialism.