disown

Example Sentences

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"We disown his actions and we disown what he has done in every single way."

From BBC

Her family tried to persuade her to come back, but when nothing came of it they disowned her, according to SK SOS.

From BBC

In her memoir, Erivo writes at length about her estrangement from her father, who disowned her when she was 16 after an argument in a London train station.

From Salon

She writes: “We hadn’t made our record to garner fame and fortune. We made it for the art rats known and unknown, the marginalized, the shunned, the disowned.”

From Los Angeles Times

But uncertainty surrounds the royal succession, with no public announcement of an heir to the current king -- among his seven children, four have been officially disowned.

From Barron's