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dis·own
 disown
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- pronunciation:
- dIs
on
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
disowns, disowning, disowned |
| definition: |
to deny a relationship with or ownership of; repudiate.
- synonyms:
- deny, disavow, reject, renounce, repudiate
- antonyms:
- accept, claim, re-claim
- similar words:
- abandon, disclaim, disinherit, forsake, recant
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| related words: |
abdicate, abjure, desert, disavow, negate, ostracize |
adverb + (v.)disown
actually, ago, already, but, completely, either, essentially, more, probably, publicly, quite, really, simply, surely, when
(v.)disown
+ noun
acquaintance,
attachment,
blood,
brother,
child,
community,
comrade,
daughter,
fact,
family,
father,
friend,
government,
grandmother,
month,
mother,
nation,
need,
north,
parent,
past,
power,
riddance,
sin,
son,
song,
statement,
tenor,
version
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The word disown
contains the following part:
dis-
Latin
prefix
that means not; apart; reverse, negate
  More about this word part:
The prefix dis-
occurs in English attached to Latin roots, as in dissent
, but also forms words in English by attaching to verbs ( dishearten
) and nouns ( disbelief
). dis-
has two other forms, as the "s" sound in dis-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms dif- and di-3.
Example words:
disable, disadvantage, disaffect, disagree, disagreeable, disallow, disappear, disappearance, disappoint, disapproval, disapprove, disarm, disarray, disbelief, discard, discolor, discomfort, disconnect, discord, discourteous, disdain, disengage, disgrace, disgust, dishearten, dishonest, disingenuous, disintegrate, disjoin, dislike, dislodge, dismantle, dismissal, disobey, disorder, disorient, disown, disparity, dispense, displace, display, displease, displeasure, disposable, disposal, disprove, disqualify, disregard, disrupt, dissatisfy, dissect, dissent, dissolution, dissolve, dissonant, dissuade, distort, distrust, disturb
- synonyms:
- de-, un-
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