Thesaurus / disown
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He’d love for the outdoor industry to embrace its partnership with oil and gas, not disavow or disown it.
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE PR FEUD BETWEEN LIBERTY OILFIELD AND THE NORTH FACESYADRONJULY 19, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEYes, Kim showed that you could film a sex tape and still go on to a mainstream career, following in the footsteps of her former boss Paris Hilton, but she could only accomplish this feat because someone “leaked” her sex tape, and she disowned it.
HOW KIM KARDASHIAN EXPLOITED PORNCHERIE DEVILLEJUNE 10, 2021THE DAILY BEASTNot that she disowned her claim Thursday that no plane had struck the building, mind you, but the line was at least an acknowledgment that some part of her past rhetoric demanded clarification.
GREENE BRINGS HER EMBRACE OF FALSE CLAIMS BACK TO LEVELS ACCEPTABLE FOR HER CAUCUSPHILIP BUMPFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTA day after he sparked the revolt, Hawley’s political mentor disowned him.
IN THE LONG GAME, EVEN INSURRECTION MAY NOT DISQUALIFY PRESIDENTIAL HOPESPHILIP ELLIOTTJANUARY 8, 2021TIMEHis mother, he recalled, was merciless about grammar and proper names, once threatening to disown him for saying “Tiffany’s” instead of “Tiffany.”
DANIEL MENAKER, AUTHOR AND CELEBRATED EDITOR AT THE NEW YORKER AND RANDOM HOUSE, DIES AT 79HARRISON SMITHOCTOBER 29, 2020WASHINGTON POSTMany were disowned by their family, fired from their workplace or dishonorably discharged from the military.
HOW THE NEW YORK MEDIA COVERED THE STONEWALL RIOTSLGBTQ-EDITORJUNE 23, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSBut thou, O my Provence, bePg 195 not disturbed about the sons that disown thee and repudiate thy speech.
FRDRIC MISTRALCHARLES ALFRED DOWNERHe wanted to run away, longed to disown all knowledge of the vulgar creature who accompanied him.
THE EVERLASTING ARMSJOSEPH HOCKINGThe Corporation would virtuously disown him and leave him to face a ten-year rap in Penal Colony.
INSIDEKICKJESSE FRANKLIN BONETo disown allegiance altogether never for a moment coincides with his sense of the becoming.
A CURSORY HISTORY OF SWEARINGJULIAN SHARMANWORDS RELATED TO DISOWN
- beat back
- beat off
- brush off
- buck
- cast aside
- chase away
- check
- confront
- cool
- cut
- decline
- dismiss
- disown
- dispute
- drive away
- drive back
- drive off
- duel
- fend off
- fight
- force back
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- give cold shoulder to
- hold back
- hold off
- keep at arm's length
- keep at bay
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- kick
- knock down
- oppose
- parry
- push back
- put down
- put to flight
- rebuff
- rebut
- refuse
- reject
- resist
- stand up against
- stave off
- traverse
- turn down
- ward off
- withstand
- abandon
- abjure
- apostatize
- banish
- be against
- break with
- cast
- cast off
- cut off
- decline
- default
- defect
- demur
- deny
- desert
- disacknowledge
- disapprove
- disavow
- discard
- disclaim
- dishonor
- disinherit
- dismiss
- disown
- dump
- flush
- fly in the face of
- forsake
- nix
- oust
- rat
- recant
- refuse
- renounce
- repeal
- reprobate
- rescind
- retract
- reverse
- revoke
- spurn
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- turn
- turn down
- wash one's hands of
- abjure
- back
- back down
- back off
- back out of
- call off
- cancel
- change one's mind
- countermand
- deny
- disavow
- disclaim
- disown
- draw in
- eat one's words
- eliminate
- exclude
- fall back
- forget it
- forswear
- go back on
- have change of heart
- pull back
- pull in
- recall
- recant
- recede
- reel in
- renege
- renounce
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- retreat
- retrocede
- retrograde
- reverse
- revoke
- rule out
- sheathe
- suspend
- take back
- take in
- unsay
- withdraw
- abjure
- abolish
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- annul
- back out of
- backpedal
- call back
- call off
- countermand
- counterorder
- declare null and void
- deny
- disclaim
- dismantle
- dismiss
- disown
- erase
- expunge
- forswear
- invalidate
- lift
- negate
- nix
- nullify
- obliterate
- quash
- recall
- recant
- remove
- renounce
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- retract
- reverse
- rub out
- scrub
- set aside
- vacate
- void
- wipe out
- withdraw
- abjured
- abolished
- abrogated
- annulled
- back out of
- backpedaled
- called back
- called off
- countermanded
- counterordered
- declared null and void
- denied
- disclaimed
- dismantled
- dismissed
- disowned
- erased
- expunged
- forswore
- invalidated
- lifted
- negated
- nixed
- nullified
- obliterated
- quashed
- recalled
- recanted
- removed
- renounced
- repealed
- repudiated
- rescinded
- retracted
- reversed
- rubbed out
- scrubbed
- set aside
- vacated
- voided
- wiped out
- withdrew
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