0 to refuse to acknowledge as belonging to oneself -- neuznat (za), zapřít
In acting for the good of the family as a whole, they meet and decide to disown him.
In his opinion, the marriages do survive but mostly without the support of their families, who frequently disown them.
Strictly speaking, a victim cannot disown a harmful act - it is not his or her act in the first place !
Very often we 'disown' experience because it is unpleasant or a source of anxiety.
My real objection now, however, is that even if the term ' disown ' makes sense here, it is too weak for what is at stake.
Family and relationship worries were also important : losing contact, being disowned, the ending of relationships and the feelings of the family.
In more extreme cases yet, the current me can disavow and disown current aspects of ' itself ' with which it alternates for control of this one body (multiple personality cases).
The same governors later disowned the report.
