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disown

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dis·own  (ds-n)
tr.v. dis·owned, dis·own·ing, dis·owns
To refuse to acknowledge or accept as one's own; repudiate.

disown
Verb
to deny any connection with (someone)
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.disown - prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
deprive - keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
2.disown - cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"
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, retract, resile - formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
unsay, withdraw, swallow, take back - take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"
rebut, refute - overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments"
deny - refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness"

disown
verb deny, reject, abandon, renounce, disallow, retract, repudiate, cast off, rebut, disavow, disclaim, abnegate, refuse to acknowledge or recognize
Translations
disown [dɪsˈəun] vtrenegar de

disown [dɪsˈəun] vtrenier

disown [dɪsˈəun] vt (action) → verleugnen;
(child) → verstoßen

disown [dɪsˈəun] vtripudiare

disown
v disown [disˈoun]
to refuse to acknowledge as belonging to oneself to disown one's son. verwerp, verloën, verstoot, nie meer wil ken nie يُنْكِر بُنُوَّة отричам се от neuznat (za), zapřít fornægte; forstøde verleugnen αποκληρώνω renegar ära tõukama از آن خود ندانستن؛ انکار کردن kieltää désavouer לְהִתכָּחֵש अंगीकार नहीं करना ne priznavati se svojim, poricati megtagad tidak mengakui afneita rinnegare, ripudiare 自分ものでないと言う (소유권, 관련성을) 부인하다, 의절하다 išsižadėti neatzīt (par savu); atteikties atzīt (par savu) menafikan verloochenen nekte å vedkjenne seg/kjennes ved wyprzeć się repudiar a renega; a nu recunoaşte отрекаться neuznať (za) ne priznavati odreći se inte vilja kännas vid, förneka บอกปัด; ไม่รับผิดชอบ reddetmek, inkâr etmek 否認是自己的 зрікатися, відмовлятися (від) واسطہ توڑنا từ bỏ 自己


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Disown sons and daughters, senor, who don't do what deserves that compliments of this sort should be paid to their parents.
Rather would I succumb than disown this one thing; and verily, where there is succumbing and leaf-falling, lo, there doth Life sacrifice itself--for power!
And with all this, Stepan Arkadyevitch, who liked a joke, was fond of puzzling a plain man by saying that if he prided himself on his origin, he ought not to stop at Rurik and disown the first founder of his family--the monkey.
 
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