disown
verb (used with object)
to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce.
was disowning
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past progressiveof disown.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“Something in me was disowning the play even as its opening approached,” he writes.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 23, 2015
But the grieving woman, who cried through much of her time on the stand, grew even more distraught when asked whether she ever told her son she was disowning him for enlisting.
From Reuters ● Jul. 25, 2012
While Randolph was disowning all the candidates, N.A.A.C.P.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mom thought it was a great plan, but Dad accused Lori of stealing his children and declared he was disowning her.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
