disownment

NOUN

defection

Synonyms

STRONGEST

desertion divorce failure rejection revolt withdrawal

STRONG

alienation apostasy backsliding deficiency dereliction disaffection disloyalty estrangement failing faithlessness forsaking lack parting rebellion repudiation retreat separation severance tergiversation

WEAK

recreancy sundering

Antonyms

STRONG

enough faithfulness harmony loyalty plenty

WEAK

joining

NOUN

recreance

Synonyms

WEAK

alienation apostasy backsliding deficiency dereliction desertion disaffection disloyalty divorce estrangement failing failure faithlessness forsaking lack parting rebellion recreancy rejection repudiation retreat revolt separation severance sundering tergiversation withdrawal

NOUN

recreancy

Synonyms

WEAK

alienation apostasy backsliding deficiency dereliction desertion disaffection disloyalty divorce estrangement failing failure faithlessness forsaking lack parting rebellion recreance rejection repudiation retreat revolt separation severance sundering tergiversation withdrawal

NOUN

tergiversation

Synonyms

STRONG

alienation apostasy backsliding deficiency dereliction desertion disaffection disloyalty divorce estrangement failing failure faithlessness forsaking lack parting rebellion rejection repudiation retreat revolt separation severance withdrawal

WEAK

recreance recreancy sundering

Antonyms

STRONG

calm enough faithfulness harmony loyalty marriage peace plenty ratification

Example Sentences

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Nanjiani's fear of disownment from his traditional Pakistani family is an insurmountable roadblock.

From The Verge • Jun. 22, 2017

I’m laying down a preemptive disownment if you become this guy or gal.

From MSNBC • May 27, 2015

He was not disowned, or at least his disownment was not permanent.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

With respect then to the causes of this decline, to which I shall confine myself in this chapter, they will be found in the causes of disownment.

From A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 by Clarkson, Thomas

They have no tithes as a cause of disownment.

From A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 by Clarkson, Thomas

disownment

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