disown

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English own English disown From dis- + own.

1. 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.”

   “Here is a Proclamation for a Prince: that proclaims him in whoſe name it is emitted [James II of England], to be the greateſt Tyrant that ever lived in the world, and their Revolt who have diſowned him to be the juſteſt that ever was.”

2. To repudiate any connection to; to renounce.

   “He disowns me, and he scorns me / But when we're alone he tells me I'm his very own”

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.