disown (verb)
1disown — ► VERB ▪ refuse to acknowledge any connection with …
2disown — 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… …
3disown — 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 …
4disown — verb refuse to acknowledge or maintain any connection with. Derivatives disowner noun disownment noun …
5disown — 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 …
6disown — 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 …
7disown — 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… …
8disown — [[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 …
9disown — 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 …
10disown — [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] …