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  • 31disown — v.tr. 1 refuse to recognize; repudiate; disclaim. 2 renounce one s connection with or allegiance to. Derivatives: disowner n …

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  • 32disown responsibility — refuse to be responsible for …

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  • 33Disowned — 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;… …

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  • 34Disowning — 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;… …

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  • 35Disownment — Disown redirects here. For the band, see DISOWN. For unix command, see disown (unix). Disownment is the formal act or condition of forcibly renouncing or no longer accepting one s consanguineous child as a member of one s family or kin. It… …

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  • 36disowner — disownˈer noun • • • Main Entry: ↑disown …

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  • 37wash one's hands of — DISOWN, renounce, reject, forswear, disavow, give up on, turn one s back on, cast aside, abandon; formal abjure. → wash * * * phrasal : to disclaim or renounce interest in, responsibility for, or further connection with resigned and washed his… …

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  • 38Denial of Peter — Peter s Denial redirects here. For other uses, see Peter s Denial (disambiguation). Peter s Denial by Rembrandt, 1660. Jesus is shown in the upper right hand corner, his hands bound behind him, turning to look at Peter.[1] The Denial of Pe …

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  • 39nohup — is a POSIX command to ignore the HUP (hangup) signal, enabling the command to keep running after the user who issues the command has logged out. The HUP (hangup) signal is by convention the way a terminal warns depending processes of logout.… …

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  • 40disclaim — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. disavow, deny, repudiate; disown, renounce. See nullification, negation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To deny] Syn. repudiate, disavow, revoke, retract; see deny , recant . 2. [To disown] Syn. renounce,… …

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