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disown

/dɪs'oʊn/

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verb
cast off
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renounce repudiate

type of:
reject
verb
prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
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disinherit

type of:
deprive

Definition that contains disown

renunciation rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
renunciation an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned
repudiation rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
renouncement an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned
repudiative rejecting emphatically; e.g. refusing to pay or disowning