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disown

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To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an author will sometimes disown his writings.

To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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She renounced her husband Source: Internet

The parents repudiated their son Source: Internet

Capulet, misinterpreting Juliet's grief, agrees to marry her to Count Paris and threatens to disown her when she refuses to become Paris's "joyful bride". Source: Internet

Also, an Illinois Republican congressman calls on the GOP to "disown every aspect of" Roy Moore. Source: Internet

Black people have heritages, cultures, and institutions that we should not have to disown in order to be "Americans". Source: Internet

The process would get torpedoed even before it starts as side issues and demands to disown everything you ever believed ever would become prerequisites. Source: Internet

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