Dictionary

disown en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /dɪsˈəʊn/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /dɪsˈoʊn/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English own English disown From dis- + own.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
   • 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. 1744, Alexander Shiels, “Period VI.”, in A Hind Let Loose, Edinburgh: Reprinted by R. Drummond and Company, →OCLC, pages 167–168:
   • Lord Capulet and his wife threatened to disown their daughter Juliet if she didn’t go through with marrying Count Paris.
2. (transitive) To repudiate any connection to; to renounce.
   • He disowns me, and he scorns me / But when we're alone he tells me I'm his very own 1968, Don Covay, “I'm Gonne Take What He's Got”, in Tell Mama, performed by Etta James:
3. (Unix, transitive) 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.

Forms

Deriveds

disowner · disownment · disownee · disownable · undisowned

Synonyms

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

Translations (42)

es repudiar (to refuse to own) · gd diùlt (to refuse to own) · cs zříci se (to refuse to own) · el αποκηρύσσω (to refuse to own) · pt renegar (to refuse to own) · ru отрека́ться (to refuse to own) · es renegar (to refuse to own) · mi whakaparahako (to refuse to own) · ga séan (to refuse to own) · wa rinoyî (to refuse to own) · ar تَبَرَّأَ مِنْ (to refuse to own) · grc ἀπαναίνομαι (to refuse to own) · el απαρνούμαι (to refuse to own) · got 𐌹𐌽𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (to refuse to own) · hy ուրանալ (to refuse to own) · tr evlatlıktan reddetmek (to refuse to own) · fi kieltää (to refuse to own) · bg отричам се (to refuse to own) · nl verloochenen (to refuse to own) · de verstoßen (to refuse to own) · fr renier (to refuse to own) · de enteignen (to refuse to own) · fi hylätä (to refuse to own) · es desafijar (disused) (to refuse to own) · eo malagnoski (to refuse to own) · fa پرمخیدن (to refuse to own) · de ableugnen (to refuse to own) · he הִתְנַכֵּר (to refuse to own) · de zurückweisen (to refuse to own) · bg отказвам се (to refuse to own) · cs zavrhnout (to refuse to own) · mi whakarei (to refuse to own) · hu kitagad (to refuse to own) · zdj ulaani (to refuse to own) · la infitior (to refuse to own) · de sich distanzieren (to refuse to own) · de verleugnen (to refuse to own) · ru отре́чься (to refuse to own) · ar تَبَرَّأَ (to refuse to own) · nl verstoten (to refuse to own) · cmn 斷絕關係 /断绝关系 (to refuse to own) · it disconoscere (to refuse to own)