disown
verb (used with object)
to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce.
are disowning
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present progressiveof disown.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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In an article for the Mirror, Mr Burnham - who held three cabinet posts under Gordon Brown's premiership - said the party "must avoid looking like we are disowning the past".
From BBC ● May 19, 2010
