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Raredisowned
The correct spelling is disowned.
How to pronounce disowned
verb
Say it like: Dis-own-ed
The correct spelling is disowned. To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own. For example: "Lord Capulet and his wife threatened to disown their daughter Juliet if she didn’t go through with marrying Count Paris."
Usage Examples
“Lord Capulet and his wife threatened to disown their daughter Juliet if she didn’t go through with marrying Count Paris.”
Definition
verb
- 1.To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
- 2.To repudiate any connection to; to renounce.
- 3.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.
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