disownment
- noun
- /dɪsˈoʊnmənt/
:
desapego
- His disownment by his parents left him feeling completely abandoned.
Examples
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The disownment of their son was a difficult decision for the family to make.
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Social factors already present may complicate these families' lived experiences through, for example, disownment from family or lack of recognition for a partner or children in the relationship (Kurdek, 2001).
Academic text (2011) -
After the scandal, her disownment of the organization surprised everyone.
Synonyms
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8.7
Saying you do not accept something, for example an accusation or agreement
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7.9
Leaving someone out of a group on purpose
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8.1
A public statement saying you have no knowledge of or connection to something
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8.2
An official act of giving up a right, claim, or thing you own
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7.2
Not talking to or seeing someone on purpose to show you are unhappy with them
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8.4
To exclude someone from a group as punishment or social rejection
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7.6
Leaving a person out of social activities so they feel alone
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8.9
To give up a right, title, or claim in a formal way
Refusing to accept someone or something as your own
A formal action that removes someone from a group for breaking rules
Leaving someone out of a group so they cannot join in
Antonyms
How Rejecting
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Disownment comes from the parts dis- meaning 'not' and own meaning 'to have or belong to you', with -ment making it a noun. So Disownment is the act of saying someone is 'not yours', refusing to accept them as family.