Chapter Direction to Discourse of D by Soule's Synonymes

2. Reject, disallow, refuse or decline to sanction.

Disarm, v. a.

1. Deprive of arms or weapons.

2. Disable, incapacitate, render powerless, harmless, or innocuous.

Disarm, v. n. Lay down arms, reduce the military establishment, dismiss or disband troops, reduce forces to a peace footing.

Disarrange, v. a. Disorder, unsettle, derange, disturb, put out of order, throw into disorder, throw into confusion.

Disarray, n. Confusion, disorder.

Disaster, n. Mishap, misfortune, reverse, mischance, misadventure, adversity, calamity, catastrophe, blow, stroke, casualty.

Disastrous, a.

1. Calamitous, unfortunate, unlucky, hapless, adverse, ruinous, destructive, untoward, unprosperous, ill- fated, ill-starred.

2. Foreboding, threatening, gloomy, dismal, portentous, portending disaster.

Disavow, v. a. Disclaim, disown, deny, disallow.

Disband, v. a. Break up, dismiss from (military) service, disperse, send home.

Disband, v. n. Separate, disperse, scatter, break up, retire from military service.

Disbelief, n.

1. Doubt, unbelief, non-conviction, rejection, lack of conviction.

2. Distrust, want of confidence, lack of trust.

Disbelieve, v. a. Discredit, not believe, refuse to credit, hold or consider not to be true.

Disbeliever, n. [With in or of.] Unbeliever, doubter, questioner, denier, non-adherent, opponent.

Disburden, v. a. Disencumber, unburden, unload, ease, rid, free, relieve, disburthen.

Disburse, v. a. Spend, expend, lay out, pay out.

Disbursement, n. Expenditure, paying out, laying out, spending.

Disburthen, v. a. See disburden.