disown

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Thanks for the tip, I didn't know about "disown".

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Quick take

prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of disown gathered in one view.

verb

prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

verb

cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for disown.

verb

prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

verb

cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

Example sentences

Thanks for the tip, I didn't know about "disown".

Is there any reason why nohup or disown won't do it?

The other two created the account, and now won't let me disown the accounts.

What about parents who disown children who are gay or convert to a different faith?

If I had friends in the mafia I would disown them, and I'd seriously rather die than join it.

But if my new puppy chews the furniture, I might scold him, but I probably won't disown the little rascal.

I don't think you'll get the reaction you expect when you inform them that their nationality is a slur they should disown.

Presently I'd never disown a relative because they talked about wealth and what it does to people.

" Neither WBC, nor the Ugandan LRA, nor parents who disown children, have reasonable basis in scripture.

Every political group tries to disown the negative aspects of its labels.

[edit] Ah, never been unfortunate enough to disown the wrong process, so I guess I see the need to reparent something now.

: in osx, open finder in the current dir\n lsmod: show kernel modules\n printf: change the format of output\n timeout: execute something and kill it soon after\n disown: protect a job from disconnect\n fc: edit your last command in your editor and execute it\n sudo !!