disown

disown is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an author will sometimes disown his writings. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an author will sometimes disown his writings.
2. transitive verb. To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny.
3. verb. cast off

   "She renounced her husband"

   "The parents repudiated their son"

   Synonyms: renounce, repudiate

4. verb. prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

   Synonyms: disinherit

Synonyms

renounce, repudiate, disinherit

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in disown:

indows

Common word forms

disowns, disowned, disowner, disowning, disownable, disownment

Words from these letters

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