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Antonyms for disown
dɪsˈoʊndis·own

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  1. disownverb

    Synonyms:
    disclaim, disavow

  2. disownverb

    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.

    Synonyms:
    disavow, disclaim

English Synonyms and Antonyms4.5 / 2 votes

  1. disown

    Abjure, discard, forswear, recall, recant, renounce, retract, and revoke, like abandon, imply some previous connection. Renounce (Latin re, back, and nuntio, bear a message) is to declare against and give up formally and definitively; as, to renounce the pomps and vanities of the world. Recant (Latin re, back, and canto, sing) is to take back or deny formally and publicly, as a belief that one has held or professed. Retract (Latin re, back, and traho, draw) is to take back something that one has said as not true or as what one is not ready to maintain; as, to retract a charge or accusation; one recants what was especially his own, he retracts what was directed against another. Repudiate (Latin re, back, or away, and pudeo, feel shame) is primarily to renounce as shameful, hence to divorce, as a wife; thus in general to put away with emphatic and determined repulsion; as, to repudiate a debt. To deny is to affirm to be not true or not binding; as, to deny a statement or a relationship; or to refuse to grant as something requested; as, his mother could not deny him what he desired. To discard is to cast away as useless or worthless; thus, one discards a worn garment; a coquette discards a lover. Revoke (Latin re, back, and voco, call), etymologically the exact equivalent of the English recall, is to take back something given or granted; as, to revoke a command, a will, or a grant; recall may be used in the exact sense of revoke, but is often applied to persons, as revoke is not; we recall a messenger and revoke the order with which he was charged. Abjure (Latin ab, away, and juro, swear) is etymologically the exact equivalent of the Saxon forswear, signifying to put away formally and under oath, as an error, heresy, or evil practise, or a condemned and detested person. A man abjures his religion, recants his belief, abjures or renounces his allegiance, repudiates another's claim, renounces his own, retracts a false statement. A person may deny, disavow, disclaim, disown what has been truly or falsely imputed to him or supposed to be his. He may deny his signature, disavow the act of his agent, disown his child; he may repudiate a just claim or a base suggestion. A native of the United States can not abjure or renounce allegiance to the Queen of England, but will promptly deny or repudiate it. Compare ABANDON.

    Antonyms:
    acknowledge, advocate, assert, avow, cherish, claim, defend, hold, maintain, own, proclaim, retain, uphold, vindicate

    Synonyms:
    abandon, abjure, deny, disavow, discard, disclaim, forswear, recall, recant, refuse, reject, renounce, repudiate, retract, revoke

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  1. disinherit, disownverb

    prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

    Synonyms:
    renounce, disinherit, repudiate

  2. disown, renounce, repudiateverb

    cast off

    "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

    Synonyms:
    quit, give up, resign, repudiate, foreswear, vacate, disinherit, relinquish, abdicate, renounce

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  1. disownverb

    Synonyms:
    repudiate, deny, disclaim, disavow, renounce, reject

How to use disown in a sentence?

  1. Joe Biden:

    It's simply a lie, that video is a lie, i'm looking for his campaign to come forward and disown it but they haven't done it yet.

  2. Rahaf Mohammed:

    How could my family disown me simply because I wanted to be independent and escape their abuse? i wanted to be free from oppression and depression. I wanted to be independent.

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