Antonyms of verb disavow

1 sense of disavow

Sense 1
disavow -- (refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children")
       Antonym of avow (Sense 2)
      => avow, avouch -- (admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb disavow

1 sense of disavow

Sense 1
disavow -- (refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children")
       => deny -- (declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money")