| From precipice to precipice man has descended spiritually to the point of denying Me and forgetting Me, even to the extreme of denying himself and disowning his essence, which is his spirit. |
| He had, moreover, no intention of disowning his origin when once he could feel safe in assuming his true status. |
| The father joined in the upbraiding, the disowning of an undutiful daughter. |
| We might just as well ascribe to Darwin the intention of disowning man because he set forth man's natural descent. |
| Poor old Nick Clegg knows it's all over but he hopes a mixture of sackcloth and ashes and disowning his past will save him. |
| The war was occasioned by Black Hawk disowning the treaty and attempting to repossess the territory. |
