As verbs the difference between disowned and estrange
is that disowned is (disown) while estrange is to cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate to cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).
disowned
English
Verb
(head)
(disown)
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disown
English
Verb
(
en verb)
To 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.
Usage notes
Particularly used of parents regarding their children, and stronger than the similar estrange, which can also be used of children regarding their parents, or of siblings.
Synonyms
* disavow
* disclaim
estrange
English
Verb
(estrang)
To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged).
To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations.
Usage notes
Largely synonymous with alienate, estrange'' is primarily used to mean “cut off relations”, particularly in a family setting, while ''alienate'' is rather used to refer to driving off (“he ''alienated'' her with his atrocious behavior”) or to offend a group (“the imprudent remarks ''alienated the urban demographic”).
When speaking of parents being estranged from a child of theirs, disown is frequently used instead, and has a stronger connotation.
Synonyms
* (cause to feel less close) alienate, antagonize, disaffect, isolate
* (remove from an accustomed context) wean
Derived terms
* estrangement
* estranger
Related terms
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Coordinate terms
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