disown
(verb)
verb
1. prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
Similar word(s): disinherit
Definition categories: possession, deprive
2. cast off
Similar word(s): renounce, repudiate
Definition categories: communication, reject
Sentences with disown as a verb:
- Lord Capulet and his wife threatened to disown their daughter Juliet if she didn't go through with marrying Count Paris.