Abandon vs. Disown

Abandon and Disown Definitions
Abandon
To withdraw one's support or help from, especially in spite of duty, allegiance, or responsibility; desert
Abandon a friend in trouble.
Disown
To refuse to acknowledge or accept as one's own; repudiate.
Abandon
To give up by leaving or ceasing to operate or inhabit, especially as a result of danger or other impending threat
Abandoned the ship.
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.
Abandon
To surrender one's claim to, right to, or interest in; give up entirely
Abandon a belief.
Disown
(transitive) To repudiate any connection to; to renounce.
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Abandon
To cease trying to continue; desist from
Abandoned the search for the missing hiker.
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.
Abandon
To yield (oneself) completely, as to emotion.
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.
Abandon
Great enthusiasm or lack of restraint
Skied with abandon.
Disown
To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny.
Then they, who brother's better claim disown,Expel their parents, and usurp the throne.
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Abandon
(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
Disown
Prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
Abandon
(transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.
Abandon
(transitive) To leave behind; to desert, as in a ship, a position, or a person, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility.
Many baby girls have been abandoned on the streets of Beijing.
She abandoned her husband for a new man.
Abandon
To subdue; to take control of.
Abandon
To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
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Abandon
(transitive) To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish.
I hereby abandon my position as manager.
Abandon
(transitive) To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.
Abandon
A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences.
Abandon
(obsolete) abandonment; relinquishment.
Abandon
To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
That he might . . . abandon them from him.
Being all this time abandoned from your bed.
Abandon
To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender.
Hope was overthrown, yet could not be abandoned.
Abandon
Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; - often in a bad sense.
He abandoned himself . . . to his favorite vice.
Abandon
To relinquish all claim to; - used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against.
Abandon
Abandonment; relinquishment.
Abandon
A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.
Abandon
The trait of lacking restraint or control; freedom from inhibition or worry;
She danced with abandon
Abandon
A feeling of extreme emotional intensity;
The wildness of his anger
Abandon
Forsake, leave behind;
We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot
Abandon
Stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas, claims, etc.;
He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage
Both sides have to give up some calims in these negociations
Abandon
Give up with the intent of never claiming again;
Abandon your life to God
She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti
We gave the drowning victim up for dead
Abandon
Leave behind empty; move out of;
You must vacate your office by tonight
Abandon
Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch;
The mother deserted her children