disown
Meanings
Verb
- prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
- cast off
- To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
- To repudiate any connection to; to renounce.
- 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.
Origin / Etymology
From dis- + own.
Synonyms
abjure, deny, disavow, disclaim, disinherit, disown, forsay, forswear, renounce, repudiate, wash one's hands of
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 10
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