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disown::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | disinherit |
| Type of | deprive |
| Derivation | disowning, disownment |
Examples of disown
disown
Or the uncle could disown the truant, spoiled nephew and let it fend for itself.
From the economist.com
His father has threatened to disown Frank should he marry without his consent.
From the theepochtimes.com
He marched into my office, furious with his three daughters, ready to disown them.
From the forbes.com
When these policies went mainstream, the GOP didn't disown them-it applauded.
From the newsweek.com
Much though he would like to disown Tony Blair, he was his senior lieutenant.
From the economist.com
Giving up long-cherished dreams doesn't mean you need to deny or disown them.
From the timesunion.com
This revenge causes Luthor's family to disown him and change their names to Thorul.
From the en.wikipedia.org
If they were played at 33, he'd probably disown the piece a la Anthony Caro.
From the guardian.co.uk
But to completely disown it, and not admit to having written it is just plain weird.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Disinherit: prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
- Cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"
- (disownment) refusal to acknowledge as one's own
- Disown is a four-piece Electronic/Industrial/Rock band originally from Cleveland, Ohio.
- In bash shell, disown builtin command is used to remove jobs from the job table, or to mark jobs so that SIGHUP is not sent to them if the parent shell receives it (e.g. if the user log out).
- Disownment is the formal act or condition of forcibly renouncing or no longer accepting one's consanguineous child as a member of one's family or kin. ...
