disowning
present participle ofdisown
disown
verb[Tnot continuous]
uk/dɪˈsəʊn/us/dɪˈsoʊn/to make itknownthat you nolongerhave anyconnectionwith someone that you werecloselyconnectedwith:
It's astoryset in the lastcenturyabout agirlwhoseparentsdisowned her when shemarriedaforeigner.
Compare
disinherit
Refusing & rejecting
- abnegate
- abnegation
- bar
- batsomething/someoneaway
- blow(something)out
- brush
- disown
- jettison
- miss a chance/opportunityidiom
- opt out
- punt onsomething
- quit
- quit onsomeone
- react
- react againstsomething
- rebuff
- repudiate
- resistant
- spurn
- turnyournose upidiom
Examplesofdisowning
disowning
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
By doing his act ofdisowning, by doing something which costs him time, effort, and money, he constitutes that act as a meant and serious act.
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He seems to bedisowningthe remark, and indeed it is not true.
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He could not have done so without completelydisowninghis own leader.
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This seems to be more a case ofdisowning.
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They were dishonourable indisowninga colleague who had done a service to this country.
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Now he isdisowningall of that.
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But the legal notice ofdisowningnever came, which is essential for such purposes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She began to play the saxophone at the relatively late age of 16, afterdisowningthe violin.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Paco leaves his cousin in disgust,disowninghim forever.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A story of romance, the novel revolves around love, marriage, adultery, unfaithfulness, treachery, hatred,disowning, and forgiveness.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Resulting in some fans todisowningthe merged team.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Aidan receives a letter from his parents telling him that they aredisowninghim after learning of his recent behaviour.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At the time of his death, his fortune was estimated at about $42 million, which he left entirely to a foundation named after him,disowningboth of his sisters.
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