disown : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: disown	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disown v prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting Synonym(s): disinherit, disown Antonym(s): bequeath, leave, will cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" Synonym(s): disown, renounce, repudiate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disown \Disown"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disowned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disowning}.] 1. 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. To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny. Then they, who brother's better claim disown, Expel their parents, and usurp the throne. --Dryden. Syn: To disavow; disclaim; deny; abnegate; renounce; disallow.