disowning

English Thesaurus

1. refusal to acknowledge as one's own (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	renunciation, repudiation,
definition	:	rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid (noun.communication)

derivation	:	disinherit, disown,
definition	:	prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting (verb.possession)

derivation	:	disinherit, disown,
definition	:	prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting (verb.possession)