disown
disown
Definition
dis·own (dis ōn′)
transitive verb
to refuse to acknowledge as one's own; repudiate; cast off
disown
Synonyms
disown
Usage Examples
Used with why or when
- when: To be fair to the hunt he was disowned when the offenses came to light.
Object
- responsibility: But the pain forces us to disown responsibility, to say No to the task of confronting and assimilating the problems of modern existence.
- film: They have since disowned the film but we can't go back in time and prevent the problems from arising.
- son: She appeared an indulged daughter to Prospero, while Caliban remained a disowned, rebellious son.
- self: It is the smiling mask behind which lies the deeply repressed aspects of our disowned self.
- knowledge: There are always ways to go off track, disown knowledge and so on.
- child: God will not disown a child that He purchased with His own blood.
Subject
- leader: Pretty soon the plan becomes the Project Office's and is disowned by the leaders.
- journal: His initial Lancet paper has since been disowned by the journal.
Preposition: by
- leader: Pretty soon the plan becomes the Project Office's and is disowned by the leaders.
- journal: His initial Lancet paper has since been disowned by the journal.
- member: More so, affected people are evicted, disassociate and disown by family members, which in effect rush the victim to death.
Modifying Another Word
- publicly: He was also publicly disowned by SLP president Arthur Scargill.
- not: God will not disown a child that He purchased with His own blood.
- immediately: Good team solidarity was shown by Ben, Simon and Sam who immediately disowned Little Chris.
- then: The story was that Beth had been seduced by a family friend, who had then disowned her and gone back to his wife.
- n't: I'm quite surprised she did n't disown me to be honest.
- promptly: The girl eventually repays his kindness by looking after him when he falls ill and is promptly disowned by his employers.
Browse dictionary entries near disown
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