disowning

3 definitions found

disowning - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Disown \Dis*own"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disowned; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Disowning.]
     1. To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's
        self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self
        personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an
        author will sometimes disown his writings.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Then they, who brother's better claim disown,
              Expel their parents, and usurp the throne. --Dryden.
  
     Syn: To disavow; disclaim; deny; abnegate; renounce;
          disallow.
          [1913 Webster]

  disowning \disowning\ n.
     the refusal to acknowledge (something or somebody) as one's
     own.
  
     Syn: disownment.
          [WordNet 1.5]

disowning - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  disowning
      n 1: refusal to acknowledge as one's own [syn: disownment,
           disowning]