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 Definitions of disown  [ɪsˈoʊn]  

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Definition of 'disown' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) disown
to refuse to acknowledge ownership of or responsibility for.

Etymology:  (1610–20)

Definition of 'disown' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) disinherit, disown
prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

2. (verb) disown, renounce, repudiate
cast off
"She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"


Definition of 'disown' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) disown
to claim sth or sb is not connected with you
He disowned his own brother.


Definition of 'disown' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) disown
to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an author will sometimes disown his writings

2. (verb) disown
to refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny


Translation of 'disown' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to refuse to acknowledge as belonging to oneself
to disown one's son.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: verwerp, verloën, verstoo Arabic flag Arabic: يُنْكِر بُنُوَّة Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: отричам се от
Brazilian flag Brazilian: repudiar Czech flag Czech: neuznat (za), zapřít German flag German: verleugnen
Danish flag Danish: fornægte; forstøde Greek flag Greek: αποκληρώνω Spanish flag Spanish: renegar
Estonian flag Estonian: ära tõukama Farsi flag Farsi: از آن خود ندانستن؛ انکار Finnish flag Finnish: olla tunnustamatta omakse
French flag French: désavouer Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהִתכָּחֵש Hindi flag Hindi: अंगीकार नहीं करना
Croatian flag Croatian: ne priznavati se svojim, Hungarian flag Hungarian: megtagad Indonesian flag Indonesian: tidak mengakui
Icelandic flag Icelandic: afneita Italian flag Italian: rinnegare, ripudiare Japanese flag Japanese: 自分ものでないと言う
Korean flag Korean: (~과의 관계를) 부인하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: išsižadėti Latvian flag Latvian: neatzīt (par savu); attei
Malay flag Malay: menafikan Dutch flag Dutch: verloochenen Norwegian flag Norwegian: nekteå vedkjenne seg/kjen
Polish flag Polish: wyprzeć się Persian flag Persian: از آن خود ندانستن؛ انکار Pashto flag Pashto: انكار كول، غاړه غړول، ردو
Portuguese flag Portuguese: repudiar Romanian flag Romanian: a renega; a nu recunoaşte Russian flag Russian: отрекаться
Slovak flag Slovak: neuznať (za) Slovenian flag Slovenian: ne priznavati Serbian flag Serbian: odreći se
Swedish flag Swedish: inte vilja kännas vid, fö Thai flag Thai: บอกปัด; ไม่รับผิดชอบ Turkish flag Turkish: reddetmek, inkâr etmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 否認(親子關係) Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: зрікатися, відмовлятися ( Urdu flag Urdu: واسطہ توڑنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: từ bỏ Chinese flag Chinese: 否认

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