disown
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Disown, diz-ōn′, v.t. to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self: to deny: to repudiate, cast off—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Disown your doll, and thrust me, too, aside!
From Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch by Anstey, F.
So shocking, they who wish, disown it too; Disown from shame what they from folly crave.
From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward
Disown him as many nonconformists did, they could not disinherit him.
From Herbert Spencer by Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur)
"Disown" it as he might, his words were past recall, and both indictments stand in his name.
From Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
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