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[ dis-ohn ] SHOW IPA
/ dɪsˈoʊn / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object) to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce: to disown one's heirs; to disown a published statement.
Origin of disown First recorded in 1610–20; dis-1 + own
SYNONYMS FOR disown disclaim, disavow, reject, abjure.
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OTHER WORDS FROM disown dis·own·ment, noun Words nearby disown disorganized schizophrenia, disorient, disorientate, disorientation, disoriented, disown , disparage, disparagement, disparaging, disparate, disparity
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Example sentences from the Web for disown Many were disown ed by their family, fired from their workplace or dishonorably discharged from the military.
How the New York Media Covered The Stonewall Riots | LGBTQ-Editor| June 23, 2020| No Straight News
He helped win the Cold War for a country that he would probably now disown more than ever.
George Kennan by John Lewis Gaddis: A Review | Jacob Heilbrunn| December 9, 2011| DAILY BEAST
When Clive Goodman was jailed for phone hacking back in 2007, his employers were quick to disown him.
Murdoch’s Damning Letter | William Underhill| August 16, 2011| DAILY BEAST
Apart from such influences, Balinese art, however, does not disown its Hindu-Javanese origin.
Monumental Java | J. F. Scheltema
She longed, with a face glowing with indignation, to disown him—in word and deed.
The Wild Geese | Stanley John Weyman
He saved five lives, even if they were only Finn-Lapps; so perhaps God will not disown him.
Pelle the Conqueror, Complete | Martin Anderson Nexo
Look around you, my nephew, and ask yourself what there is in the wild grandeur of these scenes to disown .
Matilda Montgomerie | Major (John) Richardson
Formerly it was thus: 'Disown thyself, become another, become Parisian in order to win for yourself Paris.'
Richard Wagner | John F. Runciman
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British Dictionary definitions for disown verb (tr) to deny any connection with; refuse to acknowledge
Derived forms of disown disowner , noun disownment , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to disown renounce, repudiate, disavow, disclaim, retract, discard, deny, abjure, disallow, reject, abandon, abnegate, cast off