Disown

//dɪsˈoʊn//

Synonyms for "disown" (104 found)

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Related word relations

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More general

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Synonyms

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derived

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derived from

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has context

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related to

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Translations

42 translations across 27 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀπαναίνομαι verb (to refuse to own)

Arabic

2 entries
  • تَبَرَّأَ verb (to refuse to own)
  • تَبَرَّأَ مِنْ verb (to refuse to own)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ուրանալ verb (to refuse to own)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • отказвам се verb (to refuse to own)
  • отричам се verb (to refuse to own)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 斷絕關係 /断绝关系 verb (to refuse to own)

Czech

2 entries
  • zavrhnout verb (to refuse to own)
  • zříci se verb (to refuse to own)

Dutch

2 entries
  • verloochenen verb (to refuse to own)
  • verstoten verb (to refuse to own)

Esperanto

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  • malagnoski verb (to refuse to own)

Finnish

2 entries
  • hylätä verb (to refuse to own)
  • kieltää verb (to refuse to own)

French

1 entries
  • renier verb (to refuse to own)

German

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  • ableugnen verb (to refuse to own)
  • enteignen verb (to refuse to own)
  • sich distanzieren verb (to refuse to own)
  • verleugnen verb (to refuse to own)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌹𐌽𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 verb (to refuse to own)

Greek

2 entries
  • απαρνούμαι verb (to refuse to own)
  • αποκηρύσσω verb (to refuse to own)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • הִתְנַכֵּר verb (to refuse to own)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • kitagad verb (to refuse to own)

Irish

1 entries
  • séan verb (to refuse to own)

Italian

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  • disconoscere verb (to refuse to own)

Latin

1 entries
  • infitior verb (to refuse to own)

Māori

2 entries
  • whakaparahako verb (to refuse to own)
  • whakarei verb (to refuse to own)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • ulaani verb (to refuse to own)

Persian

1 entries
  • پرمخیدن verb (to refuse to own)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • renegar verb (to refuse to own)

Russian

2 entries
  • отре́чься verb (to refuse to own)
  • отрека́ться verb (to refuse to own)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • diùlt verb (to refuse to own)

Spanish

3 entries
  • desafijar (disused) verb (to refuse to own)
  • renegar verb (to refuse to own)
  • repudiar verb (to refuse to own)

Turkish

1 entries
  • evlatlıktan reddetmek verb (to refuse to own)

Walloon

1 entries
  • rinoyî verb (to refuse to own)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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"As, scared the Phrygian ranks to see, / confused, unarmed, amid the gazing throng, / he stood, 'Alas! what spot on earth or sea / is left,' he cried, 'to shield a wretch like me, / whom Dardans seek in punishment to kill, / and Greeks disown?'"

Source: tatoeba (6805193)

Please don't disown me.

Source: tatoeba (10079522)

When I crashed the family car, my father was so mad that he said he was going to disown me.

Source: tatoeba (10240325)

My parents will disown my brother if they find out that he's gay.

Source: tatoeba (10338399)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.