disown
Verb
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Prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting (synset 202321077)
is a type of: deprive - keep from having, keeping, or obtainingsame as: disinherit
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Cast off (synset 200759589)
"She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"is a type of: reject - refuse to accept or acknowledgesubtypes:
- apostatise, apostatize, tergiversate - abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
- abjure, forswear, recant, resile, retract - formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
- swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw - take back what one has said
- rebut, refute - overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
- deny - refuse to accept or believe
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