disown
/dɪsˈoʊn/ verb C1- 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.
He/she/it disowns · Past disowned · Past participle disowned · -ing form disowning
Verb forms
- Base form
- disown
- He/she/it
- disowns
- Past
- disowned
- Past participle
- disowned
- -ing form
- disowning
From the library
For my own part, I have laid aside even the name of my father, and altogether disown his political principles.
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