Deny (7)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">deny</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for retract that I've seen before include "Withdraw one's statement" , "Take back or draw in" , "Revoke" , "Recant" , "Withdraw (offer, statement etc)" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">deny</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for gainsay that I've seen before include "Challenge, dispute" , "Speak against" , "Contradict, deny, dispute" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">deny</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(disavowing is a kind of denying)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for disavow that I've seen before include "Deny responsibility for (something)" , "To deny support" , "To deny knowledge of" , "Refuse to acknowledge" , "Disclaim" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">deny</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for contradict that I've seen before include "Disagree" , "Deny" , "Have a different view" , "Be in conflict with" , "Argue against" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">deny</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(to disown is to deny or reject)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for disown that I've seen before include "Abnegate" , "Refuse to be connected with" , "Repudiate or refuse to acknowledge a relationship" , "Refuse responsibility for" , "Repudiate, cast off" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">deny</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(negate can mean to deny or refute)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for negate that I've seen before include "Deny the truth of" , "Show to be false" , "Nullify - deny the existence of" , "Discredit" , "Age ten (anag)" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">deny</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for naysay that I've seen before include "refuse" , "refusal" , "Deny" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">deny</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(deny can mean to refuse or reject)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for refuse that I've seen before include "deadwood" , "Say no to - rubbish" , "Deny; rubbish" , "Say no to - waste" , "Decline to accept - rubbish" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">deny</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for recant that I've seen before include "Take back something said" , "Renounce a former opinion or belief" , "Go back on a statement of belief" , "Take back in canter" , "announce change of view" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">deny</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(disclaiming is a kind of denying)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for disclaim that I've seen before include "Renounce" , "Deny, refuse to acknowledge" , "Deny or relinquish" , "Disown or deny, maybe responsibility" , "Forswear" .)