To assert that something is not true.
To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
To disallow or reject.
To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
To prevent from scoring.
To be a sponsor for.
A person or organisation with some sort of responsibility for another person or organisation, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or financial aspect.
One that pays all or part of the cost of an event, a publication, or a media program, usually in exchange for advertising time.
A senior member of a twelve step or similar program assigned to a guide a new initiate and form a partnership with him.