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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISOWN, v.t. [dis and own.]
1. To deny; not to own; to refuse to acknowledge as belonging to ones self. A parent and hardly disown his child. An author will sometimes disown his writings.
2. To deny; not to allow.
To disown a brothers better claim.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting [syn: disinherit, disown] [ant: bequeath, leave, will]
2: cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" [syn: disown, renounce, repudiate]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 1630 1. to refuse to acknowledge as one's own 2. a. to repudiate any connection or identification with b. to deny the validity or authority of • disownment noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 refuse to recognize; repudiate; disclaim. 2 renounce one's connection with or allegiance to. Derivatives: disowner n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(disowns, disowning, disowned) If you disown someone or something, you say or show that you no longer want to have any connection with them or any responsibility for them. The man who murdered the girl is no son of mine. I disown him. VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Disclaim, disavow, repudiate, renounce, reject, cast off, refuse to acknowledge. 2. Deny, disallow, refuse to admit.

Moby Thesaurus

abjure, assert the contrary, back down, back out, backwater, belie, brush aside, chuck, chuck out, climb down, contemn, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, crawfish out, cross, cut off, decline, deny, despise, disaffirm, disallow, disapprove, disavow, discard, disclaim, discount, disdain, disendow, disherison, disinherit, dismiss, dispossess, disprove, dispute, disregard, disseise, eat crow, eat humble pie, evict, except, exclude, expropriate, foreclose, forswear, gainsay, ignore, impugn, join issue upon, not accept, not admit, nullify, oppose, pass by, pass up, push aside, rebuff, recant, refuse, refuse to admit, refuse to consider, refute, reject, renege, renounce, repel, repudiate, repulse, retract, revoke, scout, shove away, spurn, swallow, take back, take issue with, throw away, throw out, turn away, turn out, unsay, waive, withdraw