The government in Vienna similarly disavowed any knowledge of or connection to the actions of the local authorities.

The government has also disavowed the cross-border raid by Hezbollah that ignited the fighting.

More recently the republic's government has explicitly disavowed such claims and offered to sign international agreements to that effect.

But the government disavowed his remark as a "personal opinion."

To get around semantics, the Philippine government has disavowed the word "joint" and spurned a suggestion to call the exercises "Freedom Eagle."

The government has publicly disavowed the militias.

Their governments disavowed any participation, said no, you're crazy, it's not ours.

There have been past instances of actions by rogue intelligence officers that the Iranian government has disavowed.

Monday's attack was yet another sign that the four-year-old cease-fire was no longer being observed, even though neither the government nor the rebels have publicly disavowed it.

Garnier was killed in this battle, and the French government later disavowed his expedition.