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disown

 verb
     
dis‧own [transitive not in progressive]
to say that you no longer want to be connected with someone or something, especially a member of your family or something that you are responsible for:
Frankly, I'm not surprised her family disowned her.
Since 1960, Kubrick has virtually disowned the film.
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