disown
US /dɪsˈon/
・UK /dɪs'əʊn/
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v.t.Transitive VerbTo refuse to be involved with (e.g. a bad son)
John's parents threatened to disown him if he doesn't get his act together.
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Why You Need to Have a Proper Adolescence
- tolerate dissent and force us to disown bits of ourselves in order to retain their love.
tolerate dissent and force us to disown bits of ourselves in order to retain their love.
Jay Park Shows Off His Tattoos | GQ
- I wanted like to get one right here, but then I feel like that would be just too hardcore and like, my mom would disown me.
I wanted like to get one right here, but then I feel like that would be just too hardcore and like, my mom would disown me.
- but then I feel like that would be just too hardcore and my mom would disown me.
but then I feel like that would be just too hardcore and my mom would disown me.
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- I just hope my family doesn't disown me.
I just hope my family doesn't disown me.
- I just hope my family doesn't disown me.
I just hope my family doesn't disown me.
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- But you said that if you had a son and he was gay, you'd disown him.
But you said that if you had a son and he was gay, you'd disown him.
- But you said that if you had a son and he was gay, you'd disown him.
But you said that if you had a son and he was gay, you'd disown him.
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- I was devastated, but he didn't disown me as a student.
I was devastated, but he didn't disown me as a student.
- But, hey, he didn't disown me as a student.
But, hey, he didn't disown me as a student.
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- Jesus broke the bread and said, "This is my body, broken for you." Then he took the wine and said, "This is my blood of the covenant, poured out for many." Jesus said to Peter, "Before the cockroach grows this very night, you will disown me three times." But Peter insisted, "I am willing to die with you, Jesus;
Jesus broke the bread and said, "This is my body, broken for you." Then he took the wine and said, "This is my blood of the covenant, poured out for many." Jesus said to Peter, "Before the cockroach grows this very night, you will disown me three times." But Peter insisted, "I am willing to die with you, Jesus;
- I will never disown you." Jesus and his disciples went out to the Garden of Gethsemane.
I will never disown you." Jesus and his disciples went out to the Garden of Gethsemane.
Uighurs in Canada fear China's long reach
- Some of them, even the mothers and fathers, force them, "Okay, so police bothering me so much, send the, like, power of attorney, write down the letter with the lawyer, just, 'You're not my son anymore,' or 'You're not my daughter anymore.'" Beyond the heartbreak of having to disown their parents, some are pressured to return to China, frightened their families will be punished if they don't.
Some of them, even the mothers and fathers, force them, "Okay, so police bothering me so much, send the, like, power of attorney, write down the letter with the lawyer, just, 'You're not my son anymore,' or 'You're not my daughter anymore.'" Beyond the heartbreak of having to disown their parents, some are pressured to return to China, frightened their families will be punished if they don't.
- Beyond the heartbreak of having to disown their parents, some are pressured to return to China, frightened their families will be punished if they don't.
Beyond the heartbreak of having to disown their parents, some are pressured to return to China, frightened their families will be punished if they don't.
Part 3 - Jane Eyre Audiobook by Charlotte Bronte (Chs 12-16)
- "Well," resumed Mr. Rochester, "if you disown parents, you must have some sort of
"Well," resumed Mr. Rochester, "if you disown parents, you must have some sort of
- "Mr. Rochester, allow me to disown my first answer: I intended no pointed repartee: it
"Mr. Rochester, allow me to disown my first answer: I intended no pointed repartee: it
Part 4 - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Audiobook by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Adventures 07-08)
- Ryder stood glaring with a drawn face, uncertain whether to claim or to disown it.
Ryder stood glaring with a drawn face, uncertain whether to claim or to disown it.
- Ryder stood glaring with a drawn face, uncertain whether to claim or to disown it.
Ryder stood glaring with a drawn face, uncertain whether to claim or to disown it.
Jane Eyre Audiobook by Charlotte Bronte | Audiobooks Youtube Free | Part 1
- “Heathens and savage tribes hold that doctrine, but Christians and civilised nations disown
“Heathens and savage tribes hold that doctrine, but Christians and civilised nations disown
- “Well,” resumed Mr. Rochester, “if you disown parents, you must have some sort of
“Well,” resumed Mr. Rochester, “if you disown parents, you must have some sort of