disown

  • 21disown — dis·own || dɪs əʊn v. cut off (from an inheritance, family, etc.); repudiate, disavow, renounce …

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  • 22disown — verb refuse to acknowledge or maintain any connection with. Derivatives disowner noun disownment noun …

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  • 23disown — v. a. 1. Disclaim, disavow, repudiate, renounce, reject, cast off, refuse to acknowledge. 2. Deny, disallow, refuse to admit …

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  • 24disown — verb (transitive not in progressive) to say that you no longer have any connection with someone or something; repudiate (3): Frankly, I m not surprised her family disowned her …

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  • 25disown — verb he has been disowned by his parents Syn: reject, cast off/aside, abandon, renounce, deny; turn one s back on, wash one s hands of, have nothing more to do with; literary forsake …

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  • 26disown — v 1. repudiate, reject, disclaim, disavow; renounce, forsake, cast off, abandon; deny, recant, retract, take back. 2. disinherit, disherit, Rare. exheredate, cut off; wash one s hands of, turn one s back on, have nothing further to do with …

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  • 27disown — dis·own …

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  • 28disown — dis•own [[t]dɪsˈoʊn[/t]] v. t. to refuse to acknowledge ownership of or responsibility for • Etymology: 1610–20 dis•own′ment, n …

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  • 29disown — /dɪsˈoʊn / (say dis ohn) verb (t) to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or relating to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce. –disowner, noun –disownment, noun …

  • 30disown —   Kaupale, ho opale, nā ī ike …

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