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Webster 1913 Edition
Disown
Dis-own′
,Verb.
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.
Syn. – To disavow; disclaim; deny; abnegate; renounce; disallow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Disown
DISOWN
,Verb.
T.
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.
Definition 2024
disown
disown
English
Verb
disown (third-person singular simple present disowns, present participle disowning, simple past and past participle disowned)
- (transitive) To refuse to own or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
- Lord Capulet and his wife threatened to disown their daughter Juliet if she didn't go through with marrying Count Paris.
- (transitive, computing, Unix) To detach (a job or process) so that it can continue to run even when the user who launched it ends his/her login session.
Usage notes
Particularly used of parents regarding their children, and stronger than the similar estrange, which can also be used of children regarding their parents, or of siblings.
Synonyms
Translations
to refuse to own
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