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    disown
    /dɪsˈəʊn/

    verb

    • 1. refuse to acknowledge or maintain any connection with: "Lovell's rich family had disowned him because of his marriage"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDISOWN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Disown means to state that you no longer have any connection with someone that you used to be closely connected with. Learn more about the meaning, usage and pronunciation of disown with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › disownDisown Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Disown means to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or to repudiate any connection or identification with something or someone. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, example sentences, and related words from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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    Disown definition: to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce. See examples of DISOWN used in a sentence.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryDISOWN | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    Disown means to state that you no longer have any connection with someone that you used to be closely connected with. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, see examples from various sources and find translations in other languages.

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › disownDisown - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    To disown someone is to reject them. If you disown your brother, you refuse to have anything to do with him: not only do you not speak or have contact, but it's as if he's no longer related to you. When one person disowns another, it's because of some terrible argument or deep-rooted conflict.

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDISOWN definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Disown means to say or show that you no longer want to have any connection with someone or something. Learn the word frequency, pronunciation, collocations, conjugations and sentences of disown from Collins English Dictionary.

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishdisown verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    Disown means to decide that you no longer want to be connected with or responsible for somebody or something. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, such as family, politics, or culture, with pictures and pronunciation.