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- [dis-ohn]
- /dɪsˈoʊn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dis-ohn]
- /dɪsˈoʊn/
Definitions of disownment word
- verb with object disownment to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce: to disown one's heirs; to disown a published statement. 1
- noun disownment Act of disowning. 1
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Origin of disownment
First appearance:
before 1610 One of the 40% oldest English words
First recorded in 1610-20; dis-1 + own
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Parts of speech for Disownment
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
disownment popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
disownment usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for disownment
noun disownment
- rejection — the act or process of rejecting.
- divorce — a divorced man.
- revolt — to break away from or rise against constituted authority, as by open rebellion; cast off allegiance or subjection to those in authority; rebel; mutiny: to revolt against the present government.
- failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
- desertion — the act of deserting or abandoning or the state of being deserted or abandoned
Antonyms for disownment
noun disownment
- faithfulness — strict or thorough in the performance of duty: a faithful worker.
- loyalty — the state or quality of being loyal; faithfulness to commitments or obligations.
- plenty — a full or abundant supply or amount: There is plenty of time.
- harmony — agreement; accord; harmonious relations.
- marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
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