Definition of disown Disown
/dɪsowˈn/ - [disown] - dis•own
We found 8 definitions of disown from 6 different sources.
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| disown - cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" | ||
| renounce, repudiate | ||
| reject refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper" | ||
| apostatise, apostatize, tergiversate abandon one's beliefs or allegiances | ||
| abjure, forswear, recant, resile, retract formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" | ||
| unsay, take back, swallow, withdraw cause someone to remember the past; "This photo takes me back to the good old days" | ||
| rebut, refute prove to be false or incorrect | ||
| deny declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money" | ||
| disown - prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting | ||
| disinherit | ||
| bequeath, will, leave leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate" | ||
| deprive take away | ||
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- disown (Verb)
To refuse to own or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- disown (v. t.)
To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an author will sometimes disown his writings. - disown (v. t.)
To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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disown
To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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disown
diz-ōn′, v.t. to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self: to deny: to repudiate, cast off—n. Disown′ment
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🔤- disown, verb, present, 1st person singular of disown (infinitive).
- disown, verb (infinitive).
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