abnuere (opposed to annuere; to signify by nods, winks, etc., that a supposition is erroneous; e.g., abnuere crimen): infitiari (in Terence, etc., infitias ire, opposed to confiteri; to deny some fact affecting one’s interest; e.g., a debt, infitiari debitum, so infitiari depositum, etc.): repudiare (to reject; e.g., consilium): improbare (to express diapproval of; as in “to disavow parts of the proclamation”): diffiteri (rare; but classical; with accusative only, Ov.; diffiteri opus): non agnoscere aliquid (opposed to confiteri or suum esse dicere): *negare aliquid or aliquem suum esse. He disavows all suspicion, negat nec suspicari: to disavow the authorship of anything, *diffiteri opus [after Ov., Am., 3, 14, 28], librum, etc., *negare se aliquid scripsisse.