disown
pronunciation
How to pronounce disown in British English: UK [dɪsˈəʊn]
How to pronounce disown in American English: US [dɪsˈoʊn]
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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
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 .