disowning

Definitions

The act of refusing to acknowledge or maintain any connection with someone or something.

Formally rejecting or denying responsibility for a person, claim, or action.

Examples

The father was firm in disowning his son after the repeated betrayal of the family's trust.

She felt that disowning her past was the only way to truly start a new life in a different city.

The political party is currently disowning the controversial statements made by its former leader.

Synonyms

renouncing repudiating rejecting abandoning forsaking abjuring discarding

Antonyms

accepting embracing adopting acknowledging claiming owning supporting