Associations to the word «Disowning»
Noun
Verb
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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
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.