disown
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disown
- /dɪsˈəʊn/ UK
- /dɪsˈoʊn/ US
Rhymes with -əʊn
verb disowns · disowning · disowned
- 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.
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To repudiate any connection to; to renounce.
He disowns me, and he scorns me / But when we're alone he tells me I'm his very own
Similar: disavow, disclaim, abjure, deny, disown, forsay, forswear, renounce, repudiate, wash one's hands of
- To detach (a job or process) so that it can continue to run even when the user who launched it ends his/her login session.
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verb to refuse to own
| Español | renegar, repudiar, desafijar (disused) |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 斷絕關係 /断绝关系 duànjué guānxì |
| Português | renegar |
| Français | renier |
| Deutsch | verstoßen, verleugnen, ableugnen, enteignen, zurückweisen, sich distanzieren |
| Italiano | disconoscere |
| Ελληνικά | αποκηρύσσω apokirýsso, απαρνούμαι aparnoúmai |
| Русский | отрека́ться otrekátʹsja, отре́чься otréčʹsja |
| العربية | تَبَرَّأَ tabarraʔa, تَبَرَّأَ مِنْ tabarraʔa min |
| עברית | הִתְנַכֵּר hitnakér |
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title = {disown},
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