View source for disown

==English==

===Etymology===
From {{prefix|en|dis|own}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/dɪsˈəʊn/|a=UK}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disown.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|əʊn|s=2}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
#: {{ux|en|Lord Capulet and his wife threatened to '''disown''' their daughter Juliet if she didn’t go through with marrying Count Paris.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=[[w:Alexander Shields|Alexander Shiels]]|chapter=Period VI.|title=A Hind Let Loose|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Reprinted by R. Drummond and Company|year=1744|pages=167–168|pageurl=https://archive.org/stream/hindletlooseo0shie#page/n169/mode/1up/|oclc=723488025|passage=Here is a Proclamation for a Prince: that proclaims him in whoſe name it is emitted &#91;{{w|James II of England}}&#93;, 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.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[repudiate]] any [[connection]] to; to [[renounce]].
#: {{syn|en|disavow|disclaim|Thesaurus:repudiate}}
#* {{quote-song|en|year=1968|author=Don Covay|title=I'm Gonne Take What He's Got|album=Tell Mama|artist=w:Etta James|passage=He '''disowns''' me, and he scorns me / But when we're alone he tells me I'm his very own}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|computing|Unix}} To [[detach]] (a [[job]] or [[process]]) so that it can continue to run even when the [[user]] who [[launch]]ed it ends his/her [[login]] [[session]].

====Usage notes====
Particularly used of parents regarding their children (although it can also be used between siblings), and stronger than the similar {{m|en|estrange}}, which can also be used of children regarding their parents, or of siblings.

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|undisowned|disownable|disownee|disowner|disownment}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to refuse to own}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|تَبَرَّأَ}}, {{t|ar|تبرأ|alt=تَبَرَّأَ مِنْ}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ուրանալ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|отричам се}}, {{t|bg|отказвам се}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|[[斷絕]][[關係]]|tr=duànjué guānxì}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|zavrhnout}}, {{t|cs|zříci se}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|verloochenen}}, {{t+|nl|verstoten}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|malagnoski}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hylätä}}, {{t+|fi|kieltää}}
* French: {{t+|fr|renier}}
* German: {{t+|de|verstoßen}}, {{t+|de|verleugnen}}, {{t+|de|ableugnen}}, {{t+|de|enteignen}}, {{t+|de|zurückweisen}}, {{t|de|sich distanzieren}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐌹𐌽𐍅𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|αποκηρύσσω}}, {{t+|el|απαρνούμαι}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἀπαναίνομαι}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|הִתְנַכֵּר|tr=hitnakér}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kitagad}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|disconoscere}}
* Latin: {{t|la|infitior}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakaparahako}}, {{t|mi|whakarei}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{t|zdj|laani|alt=ulaani}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|پرمخیدن|tr=parmaxidan}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|renegar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|отрека́ться|impf}}, {{t+|ru|отре́чься|pf}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|diùlt}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|renegar}}, {{t+|es|repudiar}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|evlatlıktan reddetmek}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|rinoyî}}
* Yiddish: {{t-needed|yi}}
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=dinosw|indows}}