0 past simple and past participle of disown --
1 to make it known that you no longer have any connection with someone that you were closely connected with: --
Even if we trust him a lot in the next year or so, he could always be disowned by his colleagues.
I suggest that during its history the movement has unanswerably demonstrated three great virtues which cannot be disowned.
They disowned her in public and in writing by resolution.
Rarely has a fiscal innovation been so rapidly disowned by its parents.
He has virtually disowned them as overspenders and said that he will cut the amount of money that they have.
I really cannot understand why magistrates should be disowned.
We have had the threat repeated to-day that any reforms which are made will be disowned if opportunity is offered.
Since then, confusion has reigned, with some newspapers saying that his leader is going to back him, and others saying that he should be disowned.
