disownment
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.
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disown (dɪsˈəʊn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) to deny any connection with; refuse to acknowledge | |
| dis'owner | |
| —n | |
| dis'ownment | |
| —n | |
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Disownment
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| disown (dɪsˈəʊn) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) to deny any connection with; refuse to acknowledge | |
| dis'owner | |
| —n | |
| dis'ownment | |
| —n | |
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