disown

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
To repudiate any connection to; to renounce.
To detach (a job or process) so that it can continue to run even when the user who launched it ends his/her login session.

/dɪsˈəʊn/ /dɪsˈoʊn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disown.wav

disown disowns disowning disowned

From dis- + own.

disavow disclaim abjure deny disown forsay forswear renounce repudiate wash one's hands of

disownable disownee disowner disownment undisowned

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