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Word Meanings - DISOWN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. 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. To refuse to acknowledge

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1. 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. To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny. Then they, who brother's better claim disown, Expel their parents, and usurp the throne. Dryden. Syn. -- To disavow; disclaim; deny; abnegate; renounce; disallow.

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  • RESIGNATION
    1. The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission. 2. The state of being resigned or submissive; quiet or patient submission; unresisting acquiescence; as,
  • DIVORCEABLE
    Capable of being divorced.
  • CONTRADICTABLE
    Capable of being contradicting.
  • REVOKER
    One who revokes.
  • RETRACT
    1. To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation. 2. To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration. She will, and she will not; she grants, denies, Consents, retracts, advances, and then files.
  • RETRACTOR
    One who, or that which, retracts. Specifically: In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
  • CONTRADICTIVE
    Contradictory; inconsistent. -- Con`tra*dict"ive*ly, adv..
  • DISAVOWANCE
    Disavowal. South.
  • GAINSAY
    To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid. I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. Luke xxi. 15. The just gods gainsay That any drop thou borrow'dst from thy mother,
  • DISAVOWMENT
    Disavowal. Wotton.
  • DISAVOWER
    One who disavows.
  • NEGATIVENESS; NEGATIVITY
    The quality or state of being negative.
  • YIELDABLE
    Disposed to yield or comply. -- Yield"a*ble*ness, n. Bp. Hall.
  • RESIGNED
    Submissive; yielding; not disposed to resist or murmur. A firm, yet cautious mind; Sincere, thought prudent; constant, yet resigned. Pope.
  • YIELDANCE
    1. The act of producing; yield; as, the yieldance of the earth. Bp. Hall. 2. The act of yielding; concession. South.
  • GAINSAYER
    One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies. "To convince the gainsayers." Tit. i. 9.
  • REJECTER
    One who rejects.
  • CONTRADICTORILY
    In a contradictory manner. Sharp.
  • OPPOSELESS
    Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. "Your great opposeless wills." Shak.
  • ACQUIESCENTLY
    In an acquiescent manner.
  • YIELD
    pay, give, restore, make an offering; akin to OFries. jelda, OS. geldan, D. gelden to cost, to be worth, G. gelten, OHG. geltan to pay, restore, make an offering, be worth, Icel. gjalda to pay, give up, Dan. gielde to be worth, Sw. gälla to be
  • NEGATIVE
    Asserting absence of connection between a subject and a predicate; as, a negative proposition. (more info) 1. Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing
  • IMMIGRANT
    One who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence; -- correlative of emigrant. Syn. -- See Emigrant.
  • FLAGRANT
    1. Flaming; inflamed; glowing; burning; ardent. The beadle's lash still flagrant on their back. Prior. A young man yet flagrant from the lash of the executioner or the beadle. De Quincey. Flagrant desires and affections. Hooker. 2. Actually in
  • AGAINSAY
    To gainsay. Wyclif.
  • INTEGRANT
    Making part of a whole; necessary to constitute an entire thing; integral. Boyle. All these are integrant parts of the republic. Burke. Integrant parts, or particles, of bodies, those smaller particles into which a body may be reduced without loss
  • VAGRANTNESS
    State of being vagrant; vagrancy.

 

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