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Verb: disown  dis'own
  1. Prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
    - disinherit
     
  2. Cast off
    "She disowned her husband"
    - renounce, repudiate

Derived forms: disowned, disowning, disowns

See also: disownment

Type of: deprive, reject

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