disown
verb
1 disown
Prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting.
synonym: disinherit.
Dutch: onterven
2 disown
Cast off.
synonyms: renounce, repudiate.
Roget 536:
deny;
contradict,
contravene;
controvert,
give denial to,
gainsay,
negative,
shake the head.
disown,
disaffirm,
disclaim,
disavow;
recant
etc.
607;
revoke
etc.
(abrogate)
756.
dispute;
impugn,
traverse,
rebut,
join issue upon;
bring in question,
call in question
etc.
(doubt)
485;
give the lie in his throat,
give one the lie in his throat.
deny flatly,
deny peremptorily,
deny emphatically,
deny absolutely,
deny wholly,
deny entirely;
give the lie to,
belie.
repudiate
etc.
610;
set aside,
ignore
etc.
460;
rebut
etc.
(confute)
479;
qualify
etc.
469;
refuse
etc.
764.
recuse [Law].
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Moby thesaurus: abjure, assert the contrary, back down, back out, backwater, belie, brush aside, chuck, chuck out, climb down, contemn, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, crawfish out, cross, cut off, decline, deny, despise, disaffirm, disallow, disapprove, disavow, discard, disclaim, discount, disdain, disendow, disherison, disinherit, dismiss, dispossess, disprove, dispute, disregard, disseise, eat crow, eat humble pie, evict, except, exclude, expropriate, foreclose, forswear, gainsay, ignore, impugn, join issue upon, not accept, not admit, nullify, oppose, pass by, pass up, push aside, rebuff, recant, refuse, refuse to admit, refuse to consider, refute, reject, renege, renounce, repel, repudiate, repulse, retract, revoke, scout, shove away, spurn, swallow, take back, take issue with, throw away, throw out, turn away, turn out, unsay, waive, withdraw ... show more.
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