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Meanings of disown in English

Portuguese
renunciar
Catalan
repudiar
Spanish
repudiar

Cast off.

        renunciar
        Catalan
        desheretar
        Spanish
        desheredar

        Prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting.

            desheretar
            Synonyms
            Examples for "disinherit"
            Examples for "disinherit"
            1
            But it is not expected that any man will willingly disinherit himself.
            Red Cap Tales, Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of t...
            2
            Joseph Schumpeter, the prophetic Austrian-American economist, believed that socialism will disinherit capitalism.
            Financial Crime and Corruption
            3
            My brother, who wanted her to be a nun will disinherit her.
            The Unforseen Return
            4
            I can't believe he's prepared to disinherit us all, after all this time!
            Hell to pay
            5
            Using language to disavow and disinherit your spouse will not help.
            Reuters

            To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge.

                Usage of disown in English
                1
                My parents wouldn't disown me, but it would certainly change our relationship.
                The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest ...
                2
                Ironic distance -you disown what you say to a certain extent.
                The Guardian
                3
                Do we disown our family, friends and neighbours when they embarrass us?
                The Irish Times
                4
                If he did not intend this, let Mr Deasy now disown it.
                The Irish Times
                5
                I will disown you-andmy curse shall be your inheritance; remember this.
                Frederick the Great and His Court
                6
                His family should disown him because he's a disgrace to them, too.
                The Guardian
                7
                We showed it to Sir Barnes Newcome, who-whocould not disown it.
                The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
                8
                I'll not disown her, may the devil take me if I do.
                Doctor Pascal
                9
                She still resolved to neglect, though she could no longer disown him.
                Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 1
                10
                Do you think I want a separation because you disown the church?
                Fran
                11
                Poor things, thought Marston; they are mine, how can I disown them?
                Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
                12
                What shall I do, now he is gone, if you disown me?
                A Simpleton
                13
                Obama's refusal to disown Wright left him open to attacks from the right.
                Game change: obama and the clintons, mccain and palin, and the r...
                14
                It is too late now to credibly disown the course of the recession.
                The Guardian
                15
                I do not disown my former thoughts; but nothing can ever recal them.
                History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
                16
                What I have written I shall not disown in any company.
                Chivalry
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                renunciar
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