# disown

> English word · Verb · IPA /dɪsˈəʊn/ · frequency rank #40,659

## Definitions
1. To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
2. To repudiate any connection to; to renounce.
3. 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.

## Etymology
From dis- + own.

## Easily confused with
- **down** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disown-vs-down)
- **Dixon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disown-vs-dixon)
- **drown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disown-vs-drown)
- **Dyson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disown-vs-dyson)
- **Dion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dion-vs-disown)
- **Dijon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dijon-vs-disown)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddisown`, `dioswn`, `disonw`, `disownn`, `disowwn`, `dissown`, `diswon`, `dsiown`, `idsown`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/disown