disendorse

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verb

To cease to endorse; to withdraw endorsement.

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Meanings

verbdisendorse (third-person singular simple present disendorses, present participle disendorsing, simple past and past participle disendorsed)

present singular third person disendorses · participle present disendorsing · participle past disendorsed · past disendorsed

  1. transitiveTo cease to endorse; to withdraw endorsement.

    On the third day of the campaign, Labor has been forced to disendorse and expel its candidate in the unwinnable seat of Southern Downs.

    2012 February 21, Sean Parnell, “Queensland state election campaign takes bitter turn”, in The Australian, retrieved 26 May 2013
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    Even though firmly disendorsed by Mayor Jane M. Byrne of Chicago in a fearful Democratic Party squabble, Illinois State Senator Richard M. Daley, son of the late Mayor Richard J. Daley, won election as Cook County State's Attorney last week.

    1980 November 9, “Headliners: Victory, Chicago-Style”, in New York Times, retrieved 26 May 2013

    Synonyms: sanction

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo cease to endorse; to withdraw endorsement.

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sanction

Origin

From dis- + endorse.

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APA

disendorse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disendorse

MLA

“disendorse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disendorse. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disendorse,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disendorse.

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