verb🔗ShareTo refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own."Lord Capulet and his wife threatened to disown their daughter Juliet if she didn’t go through with marrying Count Paris."familyactionmoralsocietylawattitudecharacterpersonstateChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo repudiate any connection to; to renounce."Because of his involvement in criminal activities, the father disowns his son. "familyactionmoralsocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo detach (a job or process) so that it can continue to run even when the user who launched it ends his/her login session."The student disowns the research project, so it will continue running even after they log out of their account. "computingtechnologyinternetprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
