Thesaurus / disown
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Not 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 POST
A 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, 2021TIME
His 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 POST
Many 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 NEWS
But thou, O my Provence, bePg 195 not disturbed about the sons that disown thee and repudiate thy speech.
FRDRIC MISTRALCHARLES ALFRED DOWNER
He wanted to run away, longed to disown all knowledge of the vulgar creature who accompanied him.
THE EVERLASTING ARMSJOSEPH HOCKING
The Corporation would virtuously disown him and leave him to face a ten-year rap in Penal Colony.
INSIDEKICKJESSE FRANKLIN BONE
To disown allegiance altogether never for a moment coincides with his sense of the becoming.
A CURSORY HISTORY OF SWEARINGJULIAN SHARMAN
He is unfit to be called a man, he is unworthy to marry a gentlewoman; and as for that hussy, I disown her.
MEMOIRS OF MR. CHARLES J. YELLOWPLUSHWILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
Denonville sent a message to disown the act of Adario, they put no faith in it, but burned for revenge.
THE INDIAN IN HIS WIGWAMHENRY R. SCHOOLCRAFT
WORDS 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
- force off
- give cold shoulder to
- hold back
- hold off
- keep at bay
- keep off
- 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
- 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
- force off
- give cold shoulder to
- hold back
- hold off
- keep at bay
- keep off
- 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
- abjure
- back
- back down
- back off
- back out of
- call off
- cancel
- countermand
- deny
- disavow
- disclaim
- disown
- draw in
- eliminate
- exclude
- fall back
- forget it
- forswear
- go back on
- have change of heart
- nig
- 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
- welsh
- withdraw
- abjure
- back
- back down
- back off
- back out of
- call off
- cancel
- countermand
- deny
- disavow
- disclaim
- disown
- draw in
- eliminate
- exclude
- fall back
- forget it
- forswear
- go back on
- have change of heart
- nig
- 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
- welsh
- withdraw
- abjure
- abolish
- abrogate
- 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
- abjure
- abolish
- abrogate
- 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.