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disowning

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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.
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Noun1.disowning - refusal to acknowledge as one's own
disownment
renunciation, repudiation - rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated"


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Disagreeing elsewhere, they agreed in disowning her, and in keeping the administration of the millionaire's money in their own hands.
Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context
Never for an instant did I dream of disowning her as my child.
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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