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 Offensive chants have not always been drowned out or disowned in the UK, Europe and beyond. — Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 July 2026 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 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
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  • The Tate brothers have also denied the charges in the cases in Romania.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 19 July 2026
  • The Tate brothers have consistently denied allegations of abuse and human trafficking, claiming that violent and misogynistic statements have been taken out of context or were intended as jokes.
    — Alanna Durkin Richer, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026
Definition of denied
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  • The bank froze the gold after the UK – along with the US and numerous other countries – refused to recognize Maduro as the winner of Venezuela’s disputed 2018 presidential election.
    — German Padinger, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • While The Athletic spoke to a dozen sources around the league for this story, almost all refused to comment for publication, even anonymously.
    — Annie Costabile, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of refused
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  • If it is outright rejected and people burn down the theaters, cool.
    — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 22 July 2026
  • The lawsuit also claims that when the same group offered $100,000 to fund a study looking into whether the transition was needed and whether other options were available, the school rejected the proposal.
    — Chaewon Chung July 22, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of rejected
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  • That would have dedicated more than a tenth of the NIH’s annual budget to investigating a hypothesis already refuted by scientists worldwide.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • North Crowley head coach DeMarcus Harris refuted the claim, saying there was no distinct evidence the move was made for athletic reasons, and supported Parks’ claim that Meredith had friends in the North Crowley community.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026
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