1
as in to deny
to declare not to be true
he steadfastly disowned that he was having an affair
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2
as in to refuse
to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility
the dictatorial father angrily disowned his rebellious son
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Recent Examples of disown
If Immacolata is disowning her unequivocally, Lenù hopes at first to find maternal leniency in Adele.
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024
Well, my sister did not receive an invite and now my family has completely disowned me.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 28 Dec. 2024
But recent years have marked a subtle shift from self-righteous battles over reputation to less principled conflicts over branding control, like when Kanye West disowned his participation in Coodie & Chike’s 2022 documentary Jeen-Yuhs because he was denied final cut.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
In 2012, my father, family, and community disowned me.
—Loubna Mrie, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024
Well, my sister did not receive an invite and now my family has completely disowned me.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 28 Dec. 2024
But recent years have marked a subtle shift from self-righteous battles over reputation to less principled conflicts over branding control, like when Kanye West disowned his participation in Coodie & Chike’s 2022 documentary Jeen-Yuhs because he was denied final cut.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
In 2012, my father, family, and community disowned me.
—Loubna Mrie, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
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Is there some way that the Giants and Jets can get clipped for congestion pricing over on Route 3? People who still deny that climate change is real also believe that pigs can fly.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
11 Jan. 2025
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Fewer claims translate to lower premiums and reduce the risk that your policy will be canceled or denied for renewal.—
Ryan Barone,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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Trump initially refused to approve federal aid to California for wildfires in 2018 until a National Security Council staffer showed him that Orange County had a dense concentration of voters who supported him, according to Politico.—
Taryn Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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Anti-natalists, however, refuse to equate children with a stake in the future.—
Jack Jiang,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2025
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While the Obama administration rejected Cheney’s outsized role for itself, Joe Biden still became a close adviser and helped achieve administration goals.—
Roy Brownell,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Jan. 2025
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Greens, blues, and reds remain masculine while rejecting the conventions of more conservative styles.—
Ian Malone,
Vogue,
18 Jan. 2025
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Lori Robertson, director of the nonpartisan website FactCheck.org, which also partnered with Meta, also refuted Zuckerberg's notion that fact-checking contributed to a suppression of opinion.—
Kate Gibson,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2025
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In 2011, his former Minister of Justice directly refuted the previous statements, claiming that Gaddafi directly ordered the bombing.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Disown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disown. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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