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Definition of Disownment
1. Noun. Refusal to acknowledge as one's own.
Generic synonyms: Renunciation, Repudiation
Derivative terms: Disown, Disown
Definition of Disownment
1. n. Act of disowning.
Definition of Disownment
1. Noun. Act of disowning. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disownment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disownment
Literary usage of Disownment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life of Abby Hopper Gibbons: Told Chiefly Through Her Correspondence by Abby Hopper Gibbons (1897)
"Again, under the date of " jd mo., 23rd, 1842," Lucretia Mott writes : " The
disownment of such men as Isaac T. Hopper, &c. . . . has caused great ..."
2. Life of Abby Hopper Gibbons: Told Chiefly Through Her Correspondence by Abby Hopper Gibbons (1897)
"Again, under the date of " 3d mo., 23rd, 1842," Lucretia Mott writes : " The
disownment of such men as Isaac T. Hopper, &c. . . . has caused great ..."
3. Quakerism: Or, The Story of My Life by Sarah D. Greer (1852)
"... in Meetings—Guides—Travelling Friends—Women Preachers' Families—Broad Brims
to escape disownment—Poor Committee— Provincial Schools—False Accusation. ..."
4. Quakerism, Past and Present: Being an Inquiry Into the Causes of Its Decline by John Stephenson Rowntree (1860)
"Marriage regulations of the Society of Friends—George Fox's doctrine as to
marriage — He legislates for the Society — " Mixed marriages"—disownment becomes ..."
5. A Review of the Public Relations of the Society of Friends: Its Doctrines by William Logan Fisher (1852)
"It has been my lot to see many cases, in the dealing with and disownment of
members, from which my own feelings revolted. Many cases in which the benevolent ..."
6. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1806)
"We are farther informed that, if we consider this disownment as similar to ...
—If we considered disownment in the one instance as absolutely equal to ..."
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