disownverb [ T not continuous ]
uk/dɪˈsəʊn/us/dɪˈsoʊn/to make it known that you no longer have any connection with someone that you were closely connected with:
It's a story set in the last century about a girl whose parents disowned her when she married a foreigner.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Refusing & rejecting
- abnegate
- blow
- bugger
- damned
- demur
- derecognize
- disclaim
- door
- override
- react against sth
- refusal
- shoot
- shun
- sit
- sit sth out
- throw
- throw sth out
- veto
- vote sth down
- wash
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