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disown verb [ dɪsˈəʊn ]

• refuse to acknowledge or maintain any connection with.
• "Lovell's rich family had disowned him because of his marriage"
Similar: reject, cast off, cast aside, abandon, repudiate, renounce, deny, turn one's back on, wash one's hands of, have nothing more to do with, end relations with, disinherit, cut off (without a penny), ditch, drop, send packing, forsake,
Opposite: acknowledge,


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