disowning
Rejecting all ties
Disowning is the act of refusing to acknowledge a connection to someone or something.
Parents may disown children who violate their values, severing financial and emotional ties: After she came out, her family disowned her.
You can also disown ideas, statements, or past actions: He disowned his earlier comments when they became controversial.
Rejection of connection
- disclaimerStatement denying responsibility
- retractionFormal withdrawal of statement
- recantationFormal withdrawal of statement
- abnegationRejection of oneself
disaffirmation · repudiation · negation · contradiction · refutation · abjuration · revocation · invalidation
Revoke bequest rights
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- cutoffPoint of termination
- banishmentForced removal from place
- alienationState of being isolated
separation · rift · breach · outcast · exile · casting out · severing ties · pariah
Formal refusal to accept
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- spurningContemptuously refusing or dismissing
- rebuffAbrupt, curt rejection
refusal · dismissal · denial · nonacceptance · disallowance · exclusion · casting out · turning away
disavowal
Rejection of connection
- disclaimerStatement denying responsibility
- retractionFormal withdrawal of statement
- recantationFormal withdrawal of statement
abnegation · disaffirmation · repudiation · negation · contradiction · refutation · abjuration · revocation · invalidation · disconfirmation
disinherit
Revoke bequest rights
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- cutoffPoint of termination
- banishmentForced removal from place
alienation · separation · rift · breach · outcast · exile · casting out · severing ties · pariah · black sheep
repudiation
Formal refusal to accept
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- spurningContemptuously refusing or dismissing
rebuff · refusal · dismissal · denial · nonacceptance · disallowance · exclusion · casting out · turning away · banishment
forsake
Abandon completely
- desertTo leave behind completely
- abandonLeave behind permanently
- relinquishVoluntarily give up control
leave · cast off · abdicate · withdraw · divest · surrender · renounce · jettison · discard · wash hands of
- repudiatingrenouncing, disclaiming, rejecting, disavowing, denying
- betrayalbackstab, betray, betrayal, traitor, backstabber
- giving upgive up, giving up, quit, quitting, surrender
- rejectionrejection, reject, denial, refuse, refusal
- rudenessrude, discourtesy, impolite, rudeness, disrespect
- excommunicationexpulsion, banishment, casting out, anathema, disfellowship
disowningowning
Being in possession
claiming · endorsing · defending · championing · taking credit for
own, owner, ownership, disown, owning, disowned, disowns, unowned, disownment