disown
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disown (third-person singular simple present disowns, present participle disowning, simple past and past participle disowned)
- 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 didn't go through with marrying Count Paris.
Usage notes [edit]
Particularly used of parents regarding their children, and stronger than the similar estrange, which can also be used of children regarding their parents, or of siblings.
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Translations [edit]
to refuse to own
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