disowned

verb

past tense of disown
1
as in denied
to declare not to be true he steadfastly disowned that he was having an affair

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2
as in refused
to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility the dictatorial father angrily disowned his rebellious son

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Recent Examples of disowned That candidate, Bushra Amiwala, disowned the support and condemned the ad, widely seen as an attempt to siphon voters from another young progressive, Kat Abughazaleh. — David Daley, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026 Everyone is looking for the next Sam Darnold, and there might not be a better candidate than Jones — the 2021 first-round pick disowned by a team in the AFC East only to spend a year with the 49ers before blossoming elsewhere. — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026 Glen Powell plays a charming guy disowned by his wealthy family when he was born. — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2026 When Mary won’t give up the baby, she’s disowned by patriarch Whitelaw (Ed Harris) and exiled to New Jersey from her family’s palatial Long Island estate. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026 Becket is broke, disowned and circling a family fortune that never wanted him. — Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026 They may be cut off from financial resources, disowned, or stripped of personal property and communal safety nets. — Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026 At the end of her remarks Monday, McCarthy told the court that Mykkanen’s family has disowned Garner. — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026 Both have been associated with Epstein, but both have since disowned those friendships. — CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disowned
  1. denied
  2. refused
  3. rejected
  4. refuted
Verb
  • Graf denied a defense request to force Robinson's partner to travel from Texas to testify in person.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Historically, the Catholic Church had denied religious funerals inside its houses of worship as well as traditional burials for those who died in this way.
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of denied
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  • But the breaking point came when his wife refused to let their young children near any of his half-century-old vehicles, which lacked air bags and the safety features standard in even the cheapest modern cars.
    — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 10 July 2026
  • The driver refused to comply with the officer’s commands and barricaded himself inside the home.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
Definition of refused
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  • In June, a federal judge ordered Baldoni and his production company to pay Lively’s attorney fees related to his unsuccessful defamation lawsuit against her, but rejected her bid for additional damages.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • More than any other aspect, the hydration breaks have demonstrated that simply creating more commercial opportunities does not necessarily create better marketing as fan discussion has overwhelmingly rejected the match breaks.
    — Mark Faithfull, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of rejected
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  • Wainger also refuted the assertion that Pennel had expected to be arrested.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
  • Reports emerged earlier this year that Beatrice and Eugenie were not invited to Royal Ascot, only to be refuted by subsequent reports claiming that they were invited, after all.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 28 June 2026
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