Associations to the word «Disown»

Wiktionary

DISOWN, verb. To refuse to own or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.

Dictionary definition

DISOWN, verb. Prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting.
DISOWN, verb. Cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley