The difference between Disown and Recant

When used as verbs, disown means to refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one's own, whereas recant means to withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.


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  1. Disown as a verb (transitive):

    To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one's own.

    Examples:

    "Lord Capulet and his wife threatened to disown their daughter Juliet if she didn’t go through with marrying Count Paris."

  2. Disown as a verb (transitive):

    To repudiate any connection to; to renounce.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: disavow disclaim Thesaurus:repudiate"

  3. Disown as a verb (transitive, computing, Unix):

    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.

  1. Recant as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.

    Examples:

    "Convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant."