"disown" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪsˈəʊn/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disown.wav Forms: disowns [present, singular, third-person], disowning [participle, present], disowned [participle, past], disowned [past]
Rhymes: -əʊn Etymology: From dis- + own. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|dis|own}} dis- + own Head templates: {{en-verb}} disown (third-person singular simple present disowns, present participle disowning, simple past and past participle disowned)
  1. (transitive) To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own. Tags: transitive Translations (to refuse to own): ἀπαναίνομαι (apanaínomai) (Ancient Greek), تَبَرَّأَ (tabarraʔa) (Arabic), تَبَرَّأَ مِنْ (tabarraʔa min) (Arabic), ուրանալ (uranal) (Armenian), отричам се (otričam se) (Bulgarian), отказвам се (otkazvam se) (Bulgarian), zavrhnout (Czech), zříci se (Czech), verloochenen (Dutch), verstoten (Dutch), malagnoski (Esperanto), hylätä (Finnish), kieltää (Finnish), renier (French), verstoßen (German), verleugnen (German), ableugnen (German), enteignen (German), zurückweisen (German), sich distanzieren (German), 𐌹𐌽𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (inwidan) (Gothic), αποκηρύσσω (apokirýsso) (Greek), απαρνούμαι (aparnoúmai) (Greek), הִתְנַכֵּר (hitnakér) (Hebrew), kitagad (Hungarian), disconoscere (Italian), infitior (Latin), whakaparahako (Maori), whakarei (Maori), ulaani (Ngazidja Comorian), پرمخیدن (parmaxidan) (Persian), renegar (Portuguese), отрека́ться (otrekátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), отре́чься (otréčʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), diùlt (Scottish Gaelic), renegar (Spanish), repudiar (Spanish), evlatlıktan reddetmek (Turkish), rinoyî (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-disown-en-verb-ksF1VaT6 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with dis- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dis-: 35 32 32 Disambiguation of 'to refuse to own': 92 6 3
  2. (transitive) To repudiate any connection to; to renounce. Tags: transitive Synonyms: disavow, disclaim, repudiate
    Sense id: en-disown-en-verb-GydwJTP4 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with dis- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dis-: 35 32 32
  3. (transitive, computing, Unix) 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. Tags: Unix, transitive Categories (topical): Computing
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Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to refuse to own",
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          "ref": "1968, Don Covay (lyrics and music), “I'm Gonne Take What He's Got”, in Tell Mama, performed by Etta James:",
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  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dis",
        "3": "own"
      },
      "expansion": "dis- + own",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From dis- + own.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "disowns",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disowning",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disowned",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disowned",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Lord Capulet and his wife threatened to disown their daughter Juliet if she didn’t go through with marrying Count Paris.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1744, Alexander Shiels, “Period VI.”, in A Hind Let Loose, Edinburgh: Reprinted by R. Drummond and Company, →OCLC, pages 167–168:",
          "text": "Here is a Proclamation for a Prince: that proclaims him in whoſe name it is emitted [James II of England], to be the greateſt Tyrant that ever lived in the world, and their Revolt who have diſowned him to be the juſteſt that ever was.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1968, Don Covay (lyrics and music), “I'm Gonne Take What He's Got”, in Tell Mama, performed by Etta James:",
          "text": "He disowns me, and he scorns me / But when we're alone he tells me I'm his very own",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To repudiate any connection to; to renounce."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "repudiate",
          "repudiate"
        ],
        [
          "connection",
          "connection"
        ],
        [
          "renounce",
          "renounce"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To repudiate any connection to; to renounce."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "disavow"
        },
        {
          "word": "disclaim"
        },
        {
          "word": "repudiate"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
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          "detach",
          "detach"
        ],
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          "job",
          "job"
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          "process",
          "process"
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          "user",
          "user"
        ],
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          "launch",
          "launch"
        ],
        [
          "login",
          "login"
        ],
        [
          "session",
          "session"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, computing, Unix) 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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Unix",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪsˈəʊn/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊn"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tabarraʔa",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "تَبَرَّأَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tabarraʔa min",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "تَبَرَّأَ مِنْ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "uranal",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "ուրանալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otričam se",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "отричам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otkazvam se",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "отказвам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "zavrhnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "zříci se"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "verloochenen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "verstoten"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "malagnoski"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "hylätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "kieltää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "renier"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "verstoßen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "verleugnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "ableugnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "enteignen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "zurückweisen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "sich distanzieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "inwidan",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "𐌹𐌽𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apokirýsso",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "αποκηρύσσω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aparnoúmai",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "απαρνούμαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "apanaínomai",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "ἀπαναίνομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hitnakér",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "הִתְנַכֵּר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "kitagad"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "disconoscere"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "infitior"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "whakaparahako"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "whakarei"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "ulaani"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "parmaxidan",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "پرمخیدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "renegar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otrekátʹsja",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отрека́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otréčʹsja",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отре́чься"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "diùlt"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "renegar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "repudiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "evlatlıktan reddetmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to refuse to own",
      "word": "rinoyî"
    }
  ],
  "word": "disown"
}

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