disown+(verb)

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• disown — ► VERB ▪ refuse to acknowledge any connection with …   English terms dictionary

• disown — I (deny the validity) verb abjure, abnegate, affirm the contrary, annul, call in question, challenge, confute, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, countermand, demur, deny, deny absolutely, deny peremptorily, deny the possibility, deny… …   Law dictionary

• disown — verb To refuse to own or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own. Lord Capulet and his wife threatened to disown their daughter Juliet if she didnt go through with marrying Count Paris. Syn: disavow, disclaim …   Wiktionary

• disown — verb refuse to acknowledge or maintain any connection with. Derivatives disowner noun disownment noun …   English new terms dictionary

• disown — verb (transitive not in progressive) to say that you no longer have any connection with someone or something; repudiate (3): Frankly, I m not surprised her family disowned her …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• disown — verb he has been disowned by his parents Syn: reject, cast off/aside, abandon, renounce, deny; turn one s back on, wash one s hands of, have nothing more to do with; literary forsake …   Thesaurus of popular words

• disown — UK [dɪsˈəʊn] / US [dɪsˈoʊn] verb [transitive] Word forms disown : present tense I/you/we/they disown he/she/it disowns present participle disowning past tense disowned past participle disowned to say that you no longer want to be connected with… …   English dictionary

• disown — [[t]dɪso͟ʊn[/t]] disowns, disowning, disowned VERB If you disown someone or something, you say or show that you no longer want to have any connection with them or any responsibility for them. [V n] The man who murdered the girl is no son of mine …   English dictionary

• disown — dis|own [ dıs oun ] verb transitive to say that you no longer want to be connected with someone or something, for example because you are ashamed of them: I think my parents would disown me if I ever got a tattoo …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• disown — [dɪsˈəʊn] verb [T] to say that you no longer want to be connected with someone or something I think my parents would disown me if I ever got a tattoo.[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• disown — transitive verb Date: 1630 1. to refuse to acknowledge as one s own 2. a. to repudiate any connection or identification with b. to deny the validity or authority of • disownment noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary