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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 | ||
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