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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of disowning; repudiation; specifically, expulsion from membership in the Society of Friends.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare Act of disowning.

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  • noun Act of disowning.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun refusal to acknowledge as one's own

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disown +‎ -ment

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