disowning : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: disowning	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for disowning
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disowning n refusal to acknowledge as one's own [syn: disownment, disowning]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disown \Dis*own"\, 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.