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disown

[ dis-ohn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce:
to disown one's heirs; to disown a published statement.
Synonyms: abjure, reject, disavow, disclaim

disown

/ dɪsˈəʊn /

Origin of disown¹

First recorded in 1610–20; dis- ¹ + own

He helped win the Cold War for a country that he would probably now disown more than ever.

When Clive Goodman was jailed for phone hacking back in 2007, his employers were quick to disown him.

But thou, O my Provence, bePg 195 not disturbed about the sons that disown thee and repudiate thy speech.

He wanted to run away, longed to disown all knowledge of the vulgar creature who accompanied him.

The Corporation would virtuously disown him and leave him to face a ten-year rap in Penal Colony.

To disown allegiance altogether never for a moment coincides with his sense of the becoming.

He is unfit to be called a man, he is unworthy to marry a gentlewoman; and as for that hussy, I disown her.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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