Deny vs. Disown — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Deny and Disown
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Deny
To declare untrue; assert to be false
"A senior officer denied that any sensitive documents had been stored there" (Scott Ritter).
Disown
To refuse to acknowledge or accept as one's own; repudiate.
Deny
To refuse to believe; reject
Deny the existence of evil spirits.
Disown
(transitive) To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
Lord Capulet and his wife threatened to disown their daughter Juliet if she didn’t go through with marrying Count Paris.
Deny
To refuse to recognize or acknowledge; disavow
The official denied any wrongdoing.
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Disown
(transitive) To repudiate any connection to; to renounce.
Deny
To decline to grant or allow; refuse
Deny the student's request.
Denied the prisoner food or water.
Disown
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.
Deny
To give a refusal to; turn down or away
The protesters were determined not to be denied.
Disown
To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an author will sometimes disown his writings.
Deny
To restrain (oneself) especially from indulgence in pleasures.
Disown
To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny.
Then they, who brother's better claim disown,Expel their parents, and usurp the throne.
Deny
(transitive) To disallow or reject.
I wanted to go to the party, but I was denied.
Disown
Prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
Deny
(transitive) To assert that something is not true.
I deny that I was at the party.
Everyone knows he committed the crime, but he still denies it.
Deny
(ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
My father denied me a good education.
Deny
To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
Deny
To prevent from scoring.
Deny
To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
Deny
(obsolete) To refuse (to do or accept something).
Deny
To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; - opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.
Deny
To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce.
Deny
To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request.
Who finds not Providence all good and wise,Alike in what it gives, and what denies?
To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious inclination, than to gratify it.
Deny
To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
The falsehood of denying his opinion.
Thou thrice denied, yet thrice beloved.
Let him deny himself, and take up his cross.
Deny
To answer in negative; to declare an assertion not to be true.
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid.
Deny
Declare untrue; contradict;
He denied the allegations
She denied that she had taken money
Deny
Refuse to accept or believe;
He denied his fatal illness
Deny
Refuse to grant, as of a petition or request;
The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses
The prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day
Deny
Refuse to let have;
She denies me every pleasure
He denies her her weekly allowance
Deny
Deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure;
She denied herself wine and spirits
Deny
Deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
Deny
Refuse to recognize or acknowledge;
Peter denied Jesus
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