disownment
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Nanjiani's fear of disownment from his traditional Pakistani family is an insurmountable roadblock.
From The Verge ● Jun. 22, 2017
I’m laying down a preemptive disownment if you become this guy or gal.
From MSNBC ● May 27, 2015
He was not disowned, or at least his disownment was not permanent.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
With respect then to the causes of this decline, to which I shall confine myself in this chapter, they will be found in the causes of disownment.
From A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 by Thomas Clarkson
Neither can he restore himself to these privileges by going to a distant part of the kingdom and residing among quakers there, on a supposition that his disownment may be concealed.
From A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 by Thomas Clarkson
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