English verb: disown | |||
1. | disown (possession) prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting | ||
Synonyms | disinherit | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | deprive | ||
Antonyms | bequeath, will, leave | ||
2. | disown (communication) cast off | ||
Samples | She renounced her husband. The parents repudiated their son. | ||
Synonyms | renounce, repudiate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | reject | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | abjure, apostatise, apostatize, deny, forswear, rebut, recant, refute, resile, retract, swallow, take back, tergiversate, unsay, withdraw | ||