Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To reject (a determination or obligation that is subject to approval).
from The Century Dictionary.
- To deny; contradict.
- In law, to overthrow or annul, as in the reversal of a judicial decision, or where one, having made a contract while an infant, repudiates it after coming of age.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To assert the contrary of; to contradict; to deny; -- said of that which has been asserted.
- transitive verb (Law) To refuse to confirm; to annul, as a judicial decision, by a contrary judgment of a superior tribunal.
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- verb To
deny ,contradict orrepudiate
Etymologies
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Examples
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As a Christian I can affirm an experience of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit (or Creator, Creation and Creating, or Love, Loving and Lover) without having to disaffirm the traditions and experiences of my neighbor, whatever his or her faith or non-faith.
Jason Derr: A New Conception of the Trinity for Post-Trinity Faith Jason Derr 2010
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As a Christian I can affirm an experience of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit (or Creator, Creation and Creating, or Love, Loving and Lover) without having to disaffirm the traditions and experiences of my neighbor, whatever his or her faith or non-faith.
Jason Derr: A New Conception of the Trinity for Post-Trinity Faith Jason Derr 2010
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As a Christian I can affirm an experience of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit (or Creator, Creation and Creating, or Love, Loving and Lover) without having to disaffirm the traditions and experiences of my neighbor, whatever his or her faith or non-faith.
Jason Derr: A New Conception of the Trinity for Post-Trinity Faith Jason Derr 2010
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He sent a note to the SEC in which he said, "I disaffirm all prior oral and written representations made by me and my associates to the SEC staff regarding Stanford Financial Group and its affiliates."
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The incoming Department of Labor (DOL) should take immediate steps to disaffirm and reverse two interpretive bulletins issued by the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) on October 17, 2008 relating to fiduciary standards for employee retirement plans under ERISA.
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Four days later, Mr. Sjoblom told the Securities and Exchange Commission in an email that he was resigning from the case and that he and his law firm "disaffirm all prior oral and written representations" regarding Stanford Financial Group and its affiliates, according to an SEC court filing.
Top Lawyer's Withdrawal From Stanford Case Waves a Flag 2009
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The Obama administration should disaffirm the recent DOL guidance and clarify that fiduciaries have the right - indeed, the obligation - to take ESG factors into account when they determine such factors to be material to investment performance and beneficial to retirement plan beneficiaries.
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Enquiring minds want to know -- where did he learn "disaffirm?"
Charles H. Green: Mini Madoff Scandal Scales New Linguistic Heights 2009
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If you say, "I accept what is good and disaffirm the bad", what standard do you use to judge which parts are good and which bad?
Quote of the Day (Eric Reitan) James F. McGrath 2009
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One might well ask, as Al III loudly has: How can Al junior revoke — or, as he says, “disaffirm” — something that is irrevocable?
Oil in the Family Peppard, Alan 2008
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