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What (who) is Disown - definition
Disown
LEGAL TERM FOR WHEN PARENTS CHOOSE NOT TO ACCEPT THEIR OWN CHILD/CHILDREN
Disown; Disowned; Disowning; Kicked out of home
·vt To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to Deny.
II. Disown ·vt 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.
disown
LEGAL TERM FOR WHEN PARENTS CHOOSE NOT TO ACCEPT THEIR OWN CHILD/CHILDREN
Disown; Disowned; Disowning; Kicked out of home
v. a.
1.
Disclaim, disavow, repudiate, renounce, reject, cast off, refuse to acknowledge.
2.
Deny, disallow, refuse to admit.
disown
LEGAL TERM FOR WHEN PARENTS CHOOSE NOT TO ACCEPT THEIR OWN CHILD/CHILDREN
Disown; Disowned; Disowning; Kicked out of home
¦ verb refuse to acknowledge or maintain any connection with.
Derivatives
disowner noun
disownment noun
Examples of use of Disown
1. I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community.
2. "I can no more disown him than I can disown my white grandmother," he said.
3. "I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community.
4. Wednesday, 10 ET see full schedule» "I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community.
5. "I can no more disown him [Jeremiah Wright] than I can disown my white grandmother." –– Barack Obama, Philadelphia, March 18 Guess it‘s time to disown Granny, if Obama‘s famous Philadelphia "race" speech is to be believed.