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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb disown has 2 senses

• disown(v = verb.possession) disinherit - prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting; Array
is one way to deprive
Derived forms noun disowning₁, noun disownment₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

• disown(v = verb.communication) renounce, repudiate - cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"
is one way to reject
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

disown

abjure, assert the contrary, back down, back out, backwater, belie, brush aside, chuck, chuck out, climb down, contemn, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, crawfish out, cross, cut off, decline, deny, despise, disaffirm, disallow, disapprove, disavow, discard, disclaim, discount, disdain, disendow, disherison, disinherit, dismiss, dispossess, disprove, dispute, disregard, disseise, eat crow, eat humble pie, evict, except, exclude, expropriate, foreclose, forswear, gainsay, ignore, impugn, join issue upon, not accept, not admit, nullify, oppose, pass by, pass up, push aside, rebuff, recant, refuse, refuse to admit, refuse to consider, refute, reject, renege, renounce, repel, repudiate, repulse, retract, revoke, scout, shove away, spurn, swallow, take back, take issue with, throw away, throw out, turn away, turn out, unsay, waive, withdraw

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disown

Negation

VB deny, contradict, contravene, controvert, give denial to, gainsay, negative, shake the head, disown, disaffirm, disclaim, disavow, recant, revoke, dispute, impugn, traverse, rebut, join issue upon, bring in question, call in question, give the lie in his throat, give one the lie in his throat, deny flatly, deny peremptorily, deny emphatically, deny absolutely, deny wholly, deny entirely, give the lie to, belie, repudiate, set aside, ignore, rebut, qualify, refuse, recuse.

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