About The Word Disown
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Disown
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What's The Definition Of Disown?
[v] prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
Synonyms | Synonyms for Disown: disinherit Related Terms | Find terms related to Disown: abjure | assert the contrary | back down | back out | backwater | belie | brush aside | chuck | chuck out | climb down | contemn | contest | contradict | contravene | controvert | counter | crawfish out | cross | cut off | decline | deny | despise | disaffirm | disallow | disapprove | disavow | discard | disclaim | discount | disdain | disendow | disherison | disinherit | dismiss | dispossess | disprove | dispute | disregard | disseise | eat crow | eat humble pie | evict | except | exclude | expropriate | foreclose | forswear | gainsay | ignore | impugn | join issue upon | not accept | not admit | nullify | oppose | pass by | pass up | push aside | rebuff | recant | refuse | refuse to admit | refuse to consider | refute | reject | renege | renounce | repel | repudiate | repulse | retract | revoke | scout | shove away | spurn | swallow | take back | take issue with | throw away | throw out | turn away | turn out | unsay | waive | withdraw See Also | deprive Disown In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*own"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disowned}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Disowning}.]
1. 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.
2. To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny.
Then they, who brother's better claim disown, Expel
their parents, and usurp the throne. --Dryden.
Syn: To disavow; disclaim; deny; abnegate; renounce;
disallow.
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