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Comment by vram22 | Hacker News Reader

Looks like the word "denounce" is not used in the right sense here, at least based on what I know, and on a quick google, although it may have another meaning that matches what was intended by the writer of the article.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/denounce

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> The checkbox on the login page for WordPress.org asks users to confirm, “I am not affiliated with WP Engine in any way, financially or otherwise.”

I think the word "disavow" is almost a perfect fit here, as in "the logon page requires users to disavow WP Engine".

> [Disavow:] to say that you know nothing about something, or that you have no responsibility for or connection with something

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/disavow

Maybe the word should be : renounce?

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/renounce

Closer, but--since were already in nerdy nitpick mode here--"renounce" is like "quit" and suggests a distinct change of states. Many users will be technically incapable of "renouncing" WP Engine because they were never linked to it in the first place.

I’m a fan of “repudiate”. It’s got heft to it, like an antique pocket watch.

It does have a nice gravitas to it, however I think "repudiating something" suggests a kind of vocal and intentional opposition, as opposed to allowing for a kind of disinterested neutrality.

While Wordpress.org would probably like its visitors to oppose or criticize WP Engine, you don't have to do that to get past the logon page, being uninvolved is sufficient.

Should be "renounce" presumably.

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