Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to disown
Participle: disowned
Gerund: disowning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | disown |
| you | disown |
| he;she;it | disowns |
| we | disown |
| you | disown |
| they | disown |
Perfect
| I | have disowned |
| you | have disowned |
| he;she;it | has disowned |
| we | have disowned |
| you | have disowned |
| they | have disowned |
Past
| I | disowned |
| you | disowned |
| he;she;it | disowned |
| we | disowned |
| you | disowned |
| they | disowned |
Pluperfect
| I | had disowned |
| you | had disowned |
| he;she;it | had disowned |
| we | had disowned |
| you | had disowned |
| they | had disowned |
Future
| I | will disown |
| you | will disown |
| he;she;it | will disown |
| we | will disown |
| you | will disown |
| they | will disown |
Future Perfect
| I | will have disowned |
| you | will have disowned |
| he;she;it | will have disowned |
| we | will have disowned |
| you | will have disowned |
| they | will have disowned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | disown |
| you | disown |
| he;she;it | disown |
| we | disown |
| you | disown |
| they | disown |
Perfect
| I | have disowned |
| you | have disowned |
| he;she;it | have disowned |
| we | have disowned |
| you | have disowned |
| they | have disowned |
Imperfect
| I | disowned |
| you | disowned |
| he;she;it | disowned |
| we | disowned |
| you | disowned |
| they | disowned |
Pluperfect
| I | had disowned |
| you | had disowned |
| he;she;it | had disowned |
| we | had disowned |
| you | had disowned |
| they | had disowned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would disown |
| you | would disown |
| he;she;it | would disown |
| we | would disown |
| you | would disown |
| they | would disown |
Perfect
| I | would have disowned |
| you | would have disowned |
| he;she;it | would have disowned |
| we | would have disowned |
| you | would have disowned |
| they | would have disowned |
Imperative
| you | disown |
| we | Let's disown |
| you | disown |
Verbs conjugated like 'disown'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'disown'
disgown,
misown,
discrown,
dishorn,
disjoin,
disman,
disorb,
down,
drown,
resown,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed
- abjure, disavow, eat one's words, recall, recant, retract, revoke, swallow, take back, unsay, unspeak, withcall, withdraw
- to refuse to have anything to do with; to end any connection to
- abjure, disavow, disclaim, forsay, forswear, renounce, repudiate
- repudiate
- deny, discard, disavow, retract
Antonyms
- to admit to the truth
- abjure, deny, disavow, disclaim, reject, confess
- repudiate
- acknowledge, admit, avow, claim
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
3. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
4. Proto-Italic *dis-
5. Latin dis-
6. Old French des-bor.
7. ▲
8. Latin dis-bor.
9. Middle English dis-
10. English dis-
11. English own
12. English disown
13. From dis- + own.
Sample Sentences
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Lord Capulet and his wife threatened to disown their daughter Juliet if she didn’t go through with marrying Count Paris.
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Here is a Proclamation for a Prince: that proclaims him in whoſe name it is emitted [James II of England], to be the greateſt Tyrant that ever lived in the world, and their Revolt who have diſowned him to be the juſteſt that ever was. [1744, Alexander Shiels, “Period VI.”, in A Hind Let Loose, Edinburgh: Reprinted by R. Drummond and Company, →OCLC, pages 167–168:]
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He disowns me, and he scorns me / But when we're alone he tells me I'm his very own [1968, Don Covay, “I'm Gonne Take What He's Got”, in Tell Mama, performed by Etta James:]