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has disowned

  • present perfect of disown (3rd person singular).

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He has disowned his previous Merkelism; as prime minister, he now champions Canada’s emergence as an “energy superpower” helping to restabilize the world and, not incidentally, Canada’s internal politics.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

Boeing has disowned the language in the communications and offered an abject public apology.

From Seattle Times Jan. 10, 2020

Since the scandal broke, Ms. Park has disowned Ms. Choi, insisting that she was not aware of Ms. Choi’s alleged influence-peddling.

From New York Times May 23, 2017

Lewis has disowned the film, in which he plays a German clown named Helmut Doork, who is imprisoned in a concentration camp for making fun of Adolf Hitler.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2015

"My father, although he has disowned me, would never disown his lawful king; the duty and love he bore to your murdered father would forbid."

From Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)