how to pronounce disown

/dɪˈsoʊn/

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disown is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of disown in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… I want to disown her I want her to stop …”

meanings of disown

verb:

To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one's own.
To repudiate any connection to; to renounce.
To detach (a job or process) so that it can continue to run even when the user who launched it ends his/her login session.