disown

Definition

To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.

Etymology

From dis- + own.

Example Sentences

• "Lord Capulet and his wife threatened to disown their daughter Juliet if she didn’t go through with marrying Count Paris."
• "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."
• "He disowns me, and he scorns me / But when we're alone he tells me I'm his very own"