Antonyms for disown


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dis-ohn
Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈoʊn


Definition of disown

Origin :
  • 1620s; see dis- + own (v.). Related: Disowned; disowning.
  • verb refuse to acknowledge
Example sentences :
  • Do you mean, I said, that you disown the love of the person whom he says that you love?
  • Extract from : « Lysis » by Plato
  • "Of you," said I, blushing, and trying to disown the personality.
  • Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
  • She longed, with a face glowing with indignation, to disown him—in word and deed.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
  • I'll bet my pile she'd disown you, if she knew you turned your back on a woman.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 » by Various
  • She does not disown you in your sorrow no, not even in your guilt.
  • Extract from : « The Lady of Lyons » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
  • It was; he chose to disown her; to meet her without even a hand held out!
  • Extract from : « Heartsease » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • From that time he thought fit to disown your humble servant.
  • Extract from : « Zanoni » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
  • The present duty was to disown and withstand his son in law.
  • Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
  • Some one informed his father, who threatened to disown him if he married her.
  • Extract from : « Won from the Waves » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • It did not occur to this young lady to try to disown the substitute.
  • Extract from : « The Madigans » by Miriam Michelson

Synonyms for disown

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