refuse to acknowledge
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refuse to recognize — index disown (refuse to acknowledge), neglect Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
acknowledge — [v1] verbally recognize authority accede, accept, acquiesce, agree, allow, approve, attest to, certify, defend, defer to, endorse, grant, own, ratify, recognize, subscribe to, support, take an oath, uphold, yield; concepts 8,50,88 Ant. forswear,… … New thesaurus
acknowledge — verb ADVERB ▪ fully ▪ freely, readily ▪ grudgingly, reluctantly ▪ clearly, explicitly ▪ … Collocations dictionary
acknowledge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. admit, confess, allow, own up to; answer, receipt. See disclosure, evidence, gratitude. Ant., deny, disavow. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To admit] Syn. concede, admit, confess, declare; see admit 2 , 3 . 2 … English dictionary for students
Laissez-Faire Racism — closely related to color blind racism and covert racism is theorized to encompass an ideology that blames minorities for their poorer economic situations, viewing it as the result of cultural inferiority. The term is used largely by scholars of… … Wikipedia
deny — de·ny vt de·nied, de·ny·ing 1: to declare untrue a party...shall admit or deny the averments Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 8(b) compare avoid 2: to refuse to grant denied the moti … Law dictionary
deny — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. contradict, negate; refuse, withhold; doubt, reject; oppose, protest; renounce, doom. See negation, refusal, rejection. Ant., acknowledge, admit. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. contradict, dispute,… … English dictionary for students
disallow — dis·al·low /ˌdi sə lau̇/ vt 1: to deny the truth, force, or validity of disallow ed the deduction disallow a bankruptcy claim 2: to refuse to allow disallow payment of benefits dis·al·low·ance … Law dictionary
repudiate — re·pu·di·ate /ri pyü dē ˌāt/ vt at·ed, at·ing: to disavow or reject an obligation (as a debt) or duty (as performance under a contract); specif: to indicate an inability or unwillingness to perform as promised under (a contract) re·pu·di·a·tor /… … Law dictionary
disavow — I verb abnegate, back down, back out, call back, declare not to be true, decline, deny, deny absolutely, deny connection with, deny emphatically, deny entirely, deny peremptorily, deny responsibility for, deny wholly, diffiteri, disaffirm,… … Law dictionary
