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.
check bellow for the other definitions of Disown and Recant
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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."
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Disown as a verb (transitive):
To repudiate any connection to; to renounce.
Examples:
"synonyms: disavow disclaim Thesaurus:repudiate"
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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.
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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."