disown (v)
renounce (v)
repudiate (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 32
def cast off
examples She renounced her husband
The parents repudiated their son
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Outgoing links
Hypernym reject
Derivationally related form repudiate → repudiation
Derivationally related form renounce → renunciation; renounce → renouncement
Hyponym apostatize, apostatise, tergiversate; abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile; swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw; refute, rebut; deny
Incoming links
Derivationally related form renunciation → renounce; renouncement → renounce
Derivationally related form repudiation → repudiate
Hyponym reject
Hypernym apostatize, apostatise, tergiversate; abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile; swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw; refute, rebut; deny

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