From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Disown \Dis*own"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Disowned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disowning}.]
1. To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an author will sometimes disown his writings.
2. To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny.
Then they, who brother's better claim disown, Expel their parents, and usurp the throne. --Dryden.
Syn: To disavow; disclaim; deny; abnegate; renounce; disallow.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
disowning \disowning\ n. the refusal to acknowledge (something or somebody) as one's own.
Syn: disownment. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: refusal to acknowledge as one's own [syn: {disownment}]
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