disown in English

verb
1
refuse to acknowledge or maintain any connection with.
Howard's rich family had disowned him because of his marriage
synonyms:rejectcast off/asideabandonrenouncedenyturn one's back onwash one's hands ofhave nothing more to do withforsake
verb

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1. I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community.

2. Managers may disown their part in the appraisal system.

3. God is just because He can not disown Himself.

4. • Why should one disown oneself, and how is this done?

5. The parents disown their children. They are terribly, terribly hurt.

6. Therefore I disown what I have said and repent in dust and ashes.

7. 7. (a) Why does Jesus disown many who profess faith in him?

8. I was surrounded on the terraces by compatriots I wanted to disown.

9. To deny or renounce any claim to or connection with; disown.

10. If we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself.

11. Give me the strength never to disown the poor or bend my knees insolent might.

12. I intend to look at my darkness rather than attempt to disown it.

13. Some followers sought to disown the name Anabaptists in favor of the title “Baptists.”

14. They must disown the action through writing to all members who could be affected.

15. Are you willing to disown yourself, pick up your torture stake, and continually follow Jesus?

16. One day, I decided to tender my resignation, divorce my wife and disown my son.

17. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say,'Who is the LORD?

18. Timothy 13 If we are faithless, He will remain faithful, for He cannot disown himself.

19. Give me the strength never to disown the poor or bend my knees before insolent might.

20. Antonyms for Acknowledge include reject, deny, contradict, disaffirm, disclaim, renounce, disavow, disconfirm, dismiss and disown

21. The riches he swallowed he shall disgorge ; God shall compel his belly to disown them.

22. Apostatize: 1 v abandon one's beliefs or allegiances Synonyms: Apostatise , tergiversate Type of: disown , renounce , repudiate cast off

23. Why is it important that we disown ourselves, pick up our torture stake, and continually follow Jesus Christ?

24. The supreme need of the Arriviste is to be able to disown and forget those who have helped him so far.

25. Jesus had told his disciples that “whoever disowns me before men, I will also disown him before my Father.”

26. No philosopher has done more to disown the idea that his writings embody some kind of masterly or authoritative wisdom.

27. History: It originated in the 1800s from an older expression “drop like a hot potato” which means to disown something.

28. Abjure: verb abandon , abrogate , deny , disaffirm , disavow , discard , disclaim , disown , exclude , forgo , give up , recant , refuse to admit , reject , renounce

29. 75 And Peter called to mind what Jesus had said, namely: “Before a rooster crows, you will disown me three times.”

30. 30 No philosopher has done more to disown the idea that his writings embody some kind of masterly or authoritative wisdom.

31. Beeline can be run disconnected from a terminal for batch processing and automation scripts using commands such as nohup and disown

32. So, too, calamity will come upon unfaithful Christendom, whose members claim to worship God but actually disown him by their works.

33. Her father threatened to disown her and vowed to cut off all communication with her if she did not leave the Church.

34. Europe's leaders are now trying to disown their years of realpolitik, and instead make the cry of the Arab street their own.

35. Tacitus also claimed that Gentiles who became Jewish proselytes were taught to disown their country and hold as worthless their family and friends.

36. Yet Jesus Christ stated: “If anyone wants to come after me, let him disown himself and pick up his torture stake and continually follow me.”

37. Apostatize - abandon one's beliefs or allegiances apostatise , tergiversate repudiate , disown , renounce - cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

38. Apostatise = verb abandon one's beliefs or allegiances • Syn: Apostatize , tergiversate • Derivationally related forms: tergiversation (for: tergiversate ), apostate , apostate (for: Apostatize ) • Hypernyms: disown , renounce , repudiate • Verb Frames : - Somebody ----s something

39. Abdicate (v.) 1540s, "to disown, disinherit (children)," from Latin abdicatus, past participle of abdicare "to disown, disavow, reject" (specifically abdicare magistratu "renounce office"), literally "proclaim as not belonging to one," from ab "off, away from" (see ab-) + dicare "proclaim" (from PIE root *deik-"to show," also "pronounce solemnly," and see diction).

40. Europe's leaders are now trying to disown their years of realpolitik, and instead make the cry of the Arab street their own. The contortions are more theatrical the closer they live to north Africa.

41. He also lingers over the oddly aloof version of intimacy he fashioned with Deborah Read, his semiliterate wife, and his illegitimate son, William, whom he would raise but eventually disown.

42. 61 At this the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter, and Peter recalled the statement of the Lord when he had said to him: “Before a rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.”

43. Working with projections and with the images in their dreams and fantasies helps many Analysands integrate and take responsibility for the qualities they disown, including characteristics they find in the opposite sex

44. As verbs the difference between abdicate and Abnegate is that abdicate is (obsolete) to disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit while Abnegate is to deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience) .

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