Disown — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

cast off

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dˈʌdz/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪsˈəʊn/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪsˈəʊn/

2 syllables Say it as /dˈʌdz/.

Examples

She renounced her husband
The parents repudiated their son

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

repudiate renounce disinherit

Antonyms

bequeath

Parts of Speech

verb	prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
verb	cast off “She renounced her husband”

Word Forms

disinheritance	noun	the act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inherit
disownment	noun	refusal to acknowledge as one's own
disowning	noun	refusal to acknowledge as one's own
renunciation	noun	rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
renouncement	noun	an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned
repudiation	noun	rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

verleugnen

absichtlich (z. B. durch die Errichtung eines Testaments) daran hindern, zu erben

🇫🇷French

renier

empêcher délibérément (par exemple en faisant un testament) d'hériter

🇪🇸Spanish

renegar de

impedir deliberadamente (como hacer un testamento) heredar

🇮🇹Italian

rinnegare

impedire deliberatamente (ad esempio facendo testamento) di ereditare

🇳🇱Dutch

verloochenen

opzettelijk voorkomen (zoals door het opmaken van een testament) om te erven

🇵🇹Portuguese

renegar

impedir deliberadamente (como fazendo um testamento) de herdar

🇷🇺Russian

отречься

намеренно препятствовать (например, путем составления завещания) наследования

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अस्वीकार

जानबूझकर (जैसे कि वसीयत बनाकर) विरासत में मिलने से रोकें

🇧🇩Bengali

অস্বীকার

ইচ্ছাকৃতভাবে (যেমন একটি উইল করে) উত্তরাধিকারী হতে বাধা দিন

🇮🇳Tamil

மறுப்பு

வேண்டுமென்றே (உயில் செய்வதன் மூலம்) மரபுரிமை பெறுவதைத் தடுக்கவும்

🇮🇳Telugu

నిరాకరించు

సంక్రమించకుండా ఉద్దేశపూర్వకంగా (ఒక వీలునామా చేయడం ద్వారా) నిరోధించండి

🇮🇳Marathi

नाकारणे

वारसा मिळण्यापासून जाणीवपूर्वक (इच्छापत्र करून) प्रतिबंध करा

🇮🇳Gujarati

અસ્વીકાર

ઇરાદાપૂર્વક (જેમ કે ઇચ્છા કરીને) વારસો મેળવવાથી અટકાવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಿರಾಕರಿಸು

ಉತ್ತರಾಧಿಕಾರದಿಂದ ಉದ್ದೇಶಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ (ವಿಲ್ ಮಾಡುವ ಮೂಲಕ) ತಡೆಯಿರಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നിരസിക്കുക

അനന്തരാവകാശത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മനഃപൂർവ്വം തടയുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਇਨਕਾਰ

ਜਾਣ-ਬੁੱਝ ਕੇ (ਜਿਵੇਂ ਕਿ ਵਸੀਅਤ ਬਣਾ ਕੇ) ਵਿਰਾਸਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਉਣ ਤੋਂ ਰੋਕੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

انکار

جان بوجھ کر (جیسا کہ وصیت کرکے) وراثت سے روکیں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

否认

故意阻止（例如通过立遗嘱）继承

🇯🇵Japanese

勘当する

意図的に（遺言を作成するなどして）相続を妨げる

🇰🇷Korean

자기 것이 아니라고 말하다

고의적으로(유언을 작성하는 등) 상속을 방지합니다.

🇻🇳Vietnamese

từ chối

ngăn cản việc cố tình (như lập di chúc) thừa kế

🇹🇭Thai

ปฏิเสธ

ป้องกันไม่ให้จงใจ (เช่น การทำพินัยกรรม) สืบทอด

🇮🇩Indonesian

menyangkal

mencegah dengan sengaja (misalnya dengan membuat wasiat) untuk mewarisi

🇵🇭Filipino

itakwil

kusa na pigilan (gaya ng paggawa ng testamento) sa pagmamana

🇲🇾Malay

menafikan

menghalang dengan sengaja (seperti dengan membuat wasiat) daripada mewarisi

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

يتبرأ

منع عمدا (كما هو الحال عن طريق الوصية) من الميراث

🇮🇷Persian

انکار کردن

از ارث بردن عمدی (مانند وصیت) جلوگیری کنید

🇹🇷Turkish

reddetmek

Kasıtlı olarak (vasiyetname hazırlayarak) miras almayı engellemek

🇮🇱Hebrew

להתנער

למנוע בכוונה (כמו בעריכת צוואה) לרשת

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