English-Italian translations for disown

• abdicare
• rinnegare
  Date le circostanze mi sento obbligata a rinnegare il mio parere. I feel obliged in these circumstances to disown my opinion.
  Soprattutto per quanto riguarda il cristianesimo, non includerne una dizione chiara e forte in questa Convenzione sarebbe come rinnegare la nostra storia millenaria. As regards Christianity, above all, if we do not include a clear, firm reference to it in the Constitution it will be tantamount to disowning our age-old history.

Definition of disown

• To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own
• To repudiate any connection to; to renounce
• To detach so that it can continue to run even when the user who launched it ends his/her login session

Examples

• Lord Capulet and his wife threatened to disown their daughter Juliet if she didn’t go through with marrying Count Paris

Related words

• disorder
• disorganized
• disorient
• disoriented
• disorderly
• disorientation
• disobedience
• disobedient
• disorganised