The boy's remarks had reference to the frequent interviews between the two parties, while the Orthodox were engaged in "disowning" the Hicksites.    From Wordnik.com.  [John and Mary; or, The Fugitive Slaves, a Tale of South-Eastern Pennsylvania] Reference

"disowning" them and asked the legal community to defend the trio.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference

And hast thou the Heart to persist in disowning me?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beggar's Opera] Reference

Apparently his parents are now disowning him for this.    From Wordnik.com.  [I'm Pretty Much Not A Huge Fan Of Being Killed] Reference

Sanquhar Declaration disowning King Charles II. as a tyrant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sketches of the Covenanters] Reference

For a time I felt like disowning that Virginia was my native State.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920] Reference

Mr. Hook, disowning and disavowing all connection with this paper.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference

(Lautner ended up disowning it, because of Mrs. Hope's reactionary improvements).    From Wordnik.com.  [John Lautner's Dazzlers] Reference

In one case it is known that for a long time he persisted in disowning his production.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863] Reference

We're too young to be burdened by that, not to mention my family probably disowning me.    From Wordnik.com.  [peepaw.] Reference

Presbyterians, for disowning the British government, joined cheerfully in its overthrow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive] Reference

Obama said he didn't agree with the comments made by his pastor, but he wasn't disowning him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joe Lauria: What Exactly is Rev. Wright Saying?] Reference

The examples used so far focus on disowning unwanted aspects of self by ascribing them to someone else.    From Wordnik.com.  [Justin Frank: Politics on the Couch: Projection] Reference

It is not a mere abnegation or disowning; for that is the part of him who has previously made a profession.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2] Reference

But almost nobody admits they're a hipster -- it's a movement perhaps most noted for its members disowning it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Monica Westin: Why Hipsters Will Save Theater: Cherrywood] Reference

He had, moreover, no intention of disowning his origin when once he could feel safe in assuming his true status.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author.] Reference

Reuben Mohlaloga over remarks he made disowning the organisation's decision over the "two centres of power" debate.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

He wrote me a letter — how it found me out I know not — enclosing me a sum of money, and disowning me for ever.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heart of Mid-Lothian] Reference

Soon after her decease, John Woolman began his labors in our society, and instead of disowning a member for testifying.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4] Reference

Of course, I'd then tell him I was disowning him for his lack of values, honesty and ridiculous judgment in running mates.    From Wordnik.com.  ["McCain's Hero Aura Inoculates Him Against Critics"] Reference

A fallacy is perpetuated by appealing to a fact, but the fact immediately discredits the fallacy by disowning it in practice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative] Reference

Good for Wolfson for disowning the comment at the end of the call, and shame on Sargent for, once again, giving Team Clinton cover.    From Wordnik.com.  [Krugman Hits Obama Again, This Time For "Harry And Louise" Health Care Mailer] Reference

He was reproached again with disowning by his conduct the Protestant ideal of religious freedom and the equal rights of Confessions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life of Luther] Reference

And as for disowning my friends ... well that has not been too difficult I just ignore them and they never talk to me so it that simple.    From Wordnik.com.  [goldenboy Diary Entry] Reference

Trouble is, party strategists know that to leave Blair out of the campaign entirely would somehow look like disowning the party's record.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blair Redux] Reference

The person responsible for the proof, however, is not he who demonstrates but he who listens; for while disowning reason he listens to reason.    From Wordnik.com.  [Metaphysics] Reference