disown
verb/dɪsˈoʊn/
Frequency rank: #16,802 most common English word
Meaning
to refuse to acknowledge any longer as one's own; to reject all connection with a person or thing.
Example sentence
After he was caught stealing from the company, his family threatened to disown him completely.
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