<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce: to disown one's heirs; to disown a published statement.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>abjure, reject, disavow, disclaim</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an act or instance of disowning</li></ul>