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Reprehend vs Disown - What's the difference?

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Reprehend is a related term of disown.


As verbs the difference between reprehend and disown

is that reprehend is to criticize, to reprove while disown is to refuse to own or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.

reprehend

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • to criticize, to reprove

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * apprehend * comprehend * reprehensible * reprehension

    See also

    * criticize * rebuke * reprimand * reprove

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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