disown

pronunciation

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  • Verb:
    prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

Word Origin

disown (v.)
1620s; see dis- + own (v.). Related: Disowned; disowning.

Antonym

vt.

own

Example

1. If we disown him , he will also disown us .
2. When mom and dad disown you and all .
3. God is just because he can not disown himself .
4. And yet he could also coldly disown anyone who sided with his wife , catherine , when they separated , including his namesake son .
5. The concept of nonrepudiation is most familiar in the context of paper contracts : a signed contract is a legally binding document , and it is impossible to disown an authenticated signature .

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