Meaning of DISOWNMENT

WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  refusal to acknowledge as one's own
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	Synonyms:		disowning
	See Also:		renunciation, repudiation
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
	Definition:		\Dis*own"ment\, n. Act of disowning. [R.]
Thesaurus Terms
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