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
But Drake’s mentions of Future — who joined the Toronto rapper on 2015’s What a Time to Be Alive before, confusingly, seeming to disown it — are curiously limp.
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Paul Thompson, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2024
This fear can quickly translate into passively or actively disowning the changes.
—Peter Follows, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
When his older brother, Fred Jr. (Charlie Carrick), spurned the family business to follow his dream of becoming a pilot, their father all but disowned him.
—EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Eisenhower finally disowned Menderes in late 1959, refusing Turkey further financial aid.
—Halil Karaveli, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2014
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Paul Thompson, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2024
This fear can quickly translate into passively or actively disowning the changes.
—Peter Follows, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
When his older brother, Fred Jr. (Charlie Carrick), spurned the family business to follow his dream of becoming a pilot, their father all but disowned him.
—EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Eisenhower finally disowned Menderes in late 1959, refusing Turkey further financial aid.
—Halil Karaveli, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2014
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Donald Trump's second inauguration will be a triumphant return for a former president many believed to be permanently barred from Washington four years ago after denying his 2020 election loss.Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Mangione is in jail in Pennsylvania, where he was denied bail, and is resisting extradition to New York to face trial — a process that could take weeks.Patrick Smith, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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China has labeled Lai a separatist and refuses to engage in dialogue with him, further increasing hostilities.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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The most memorable productions may have involved classics of one kind or another, but these works were reborn in stagings that refused to play it safe.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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Already, staffing at the SSA is at a 50-year low, as House Republicans rejected increasing funding for the agency in the continuing resolution passed in September.Marley Jay, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
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His presidency rejected the doctrines of Reaganomics, insisting instead that government could, and should, invest in its people.Lenwood V. Long, Sr., Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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However, his camp refuted the statement, still making Butler's future completely unclear.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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In the years following, however, multiple other studies refuted that claim, finding no evidence of a connection between MMR vaccination and autism.Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Disown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disown. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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