Main Entry: disown [dis-ohn] Show IPA
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: refuse to acknowledge
Synonyms: abandon, abjure, abnegate, cast off, deny, disacknowledge, disallow, disavow, discard, disclaim, divorce oneself from, refuse to recognize, reject, renounce, repudiate, retract
Antonyms: accept, acknowledge, allow, avow, claim
Main Entry: excommunicate [eks-kuh-myoo-ni-keyt; eks-kuh-myoo-ni-kit, -keyt] Show IPA
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: banish
Synonyms: anathematize, ban, cast out, curse, denounce, dismiss, eject, exclude, expel, oust, proscribe, remove, repudiate, unchurch
Antonyms: allow, include, permit, welcome
Main Entry: deserter [dih-zurt] Show IPA
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fugitive from responsibility
Synonyms: AWOL, absconder, apostate, backslider, betrayer, criminal, defector, delinquent, derelict, escapee, escaper, hookey player, lawbreaker, maroon, no-show, recreant, refugee, renegade, runaway, shirker, slacker, traitor, truant
Main Entry: exile [eg-zahyl, ek-sahyl] Show IPA
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: deportation from a place
Synonyms: banishment, diaspora, dispersion, displacement, exclusion, expatriation, expulsion, extradition, migration, ostracism, proscription, relegation, scattering, separation