disownment
Cutting off kin
Disownment is the act of disowning—rejecting or severing ties with someone or something previously claimed as one's own.
Most often applied to family relationships: His disownment by his father left him without inheritance or support.
The word also extends to repudiating beliefs, actions, or associations: Her public disownment of her earlier views surprised no one.
Emotional separation between people
- disinheritanceExclusion from inheritance
- exileBanishment from homeland
- banishmentForced removal from place
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
rift · breakup · separation · divorce · abandonment · rejection · coldness · distance
Exclusion from inheritance
- revocationOfficial cancellation of privilege
- nullificationFormal cancellation of validity
- annulmentDeclared void from start
- repudiationFormal refusal to accept
forfeiture · abdication · relinquishment · waiver · renunciation · disclaimer · invalidation · disavowal
Rejection of connection
- repudiationFormal refusal to accept
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
- abjurationSworn repudiation of allegiance
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
refusal · negation · disclaimer · abnegation · recantation · retraction · contradiction · dismissal
Painful awareness of failure
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- disgraceLoss of honor
- humiliationLoss of dignity
- stigmaMark of dishonor
rejection · abandonment · isolation · loneliness · ostracism · marginalization · exclusion · detachment
Banishment from a group
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- excommunicationFormal barring from sacraments
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- banishmentForced removal from place
exile · exclusion · marginalization · blacklisting · boycott · pariah · outcast · untouchable
estrangement
Emotional separation between people
- disinheritanceExclusion from inheritance
- exileBanishment from homeland
- banishmentForced removal from place
severance · rift · breakup · separation · divorce · abandonment · rejection · coldness · distance · cutoff
disinheritance
Exclusion from inheritance
- revocationOfficial cancellation of privilege
- nullificationFormal cancellation of validity
- annulmentDeclared void from start
repudiation · forfeiture · abdication · relinquishment · waiver · renunciation · disclaimer · invalidation · disavowal · intestate
disavowal
Rejection of connection
- repudiationFormal refusal to accept
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
- abjurationSworn repudiation of allegiance
rejection · refusal · negation · disclaimer · abnegation · recantation · retraction · contradiction · dismissal · spurning
shame
Painful awareness of failure
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- disgraceLoss of honor
- humiliationLoss of dignity
stigma · rejection · abandonment · isolation · loneliness · ostracism · marginalization · exclusion · detachment · disconnection
ostracism
Banishment from a group
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- excommunicationFormal barring from sacraments
- expulsionForced permanent removal
banishment · exile · exclusion · marginalization · blacklisting · boycott · pariah · outcast · untouchable · disaffiliation
- estrangementrift, alienation, disconnection, distance, disaffection
- family dramafamily bonds, sibling rivalry, family reunion, kinship, family secret
- toxic familydysfunction, broken home, family secret, scapegoat, golden child
- Irish QuakersQuakers, Friends, meeting houses, monthly meetings, yearly meeting
- QuakersFriends, Quakerism, Quaker meetings, William Penn, inner light
- abandonmentabandon, abandoned, forsake, desert, leave
disownmentacceptance
Consent to receive
reconciliation · acknowledgment · embrace · adoption · recognition
disownmentownership
Legal right of possession
claiming · acknowledgment · affirmation · avowal · endorsement
disownmentadoption
Legal family formation
legitimation · inheritance · endowment · legal recognition · reinstatement
own, owner, ownership, disown, owning, disowned, disowning, disowns, unowned