different between reprehend vs disown

English

Etymology

From Latin reprehend? (“I hold back, check, blame”), from re- (“back”) + prehend? (“I hold, seize”). Confer French reprendre (“to reprove”).

Verb

reprehend (third-person singular simple present reprehends, present participle reprehending, simple past and past participle reprehended)

1. to criticize, to reprove

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:reprehend

Related terms

• apprehend
• comprehend
• reprehensible
• reprehension

Related terms

• reprise
• reprisal
• reprieve

See also

• criticize
• rebuke
• reprimand
• reprove

Further reading

• reprehend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• reprehend in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

dis- +? own

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s???n/
• Rhymes: -??n

Verb

disown (third-person singular simple present disowns, present participle disowning, simple past and past participle disowned)

1. (transitive) To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
2. (transitive) To repudiate any connection to; to renounce.

   Synonyms: disavow, disclaim; see also Thesaurus:repudiate
3. (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.

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.

Translations

Anagrams

• indows