Disowning (Noun)
Meaning
Refusal to acknowledge as one's own.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The company issued a statement expressing its disowning of the racist views held by its former employee.
- The artist's disowning of her earlier work was a topic of discussion among critics and fans alike.
- After discovering his father's infidelity, he went through a process of disowning him, trying to sever all ties.
- The family's disowning of their estranged son was a painful but necessary decision for their well-being.
- The government's disowning of its predecessor's policies was seen as a step towards a more progressive era.