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It would be an act of cowardice and falsehood, for I regret nothing, I disown nothing.Ce serait une lâcheté et un mensonge, car je ne regrette rien, je ne désavoue rien.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
- Don't disown the old fellow in his last moments, Judith, for that's a sin the Lord will never overlook.– Ne désavouez pas le pauvre homme dans ses derniers moments, Judith ; car c’est un péché que le Seigneur ne pardonne, jamais.Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daimsLe tueur de daimsCooper, James FenimoreThe DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
All that Du Poizat could do for Gilquin in the matter was to save him from prosecution and then disown him. So far the sub-prefect had relied entirely upon Rougon, and had tried to make him more and more responsible for every matter that went wrong.Cependant, jusque-là, Du Poizat s'était appuyé fortement sur Rougon, dont il engageait la responsabilité davantage à chaque nouvelle catastrophe.Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene RougonSon Excellence Eugene RougonZola, EmileHis ExcellencyZola, Emile
For instance, this evening when I handed round the veal, you had a way of disowning me.Ainsi, ce soir, lorsque j'ai passé le veau, tu as eu l'air de me renier....Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
He was shaken, when, to complete his discomfiture, Madame Duveyrier got angry, telling him that his conduct had been abominable, and that she disowned him.Il était ébranlé, lorsque, pour achever sa déroute, madame Duveyrier se fâcha, lui cria que sa conduite devenait abominable et qu'elle le reniait.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
"You have always disowned me.Vous m’avez toujours renié…Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des RougonLa Fortune des RougonZola, EmileThe Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile© 2006 BiblioBazaar
The whole room joined in the chorus, and Commander Sicardot spoke of boxing his son-in-law's ears, while Pierre flatly disowned him.Tout le salon faisait chorus. Le commandant Sicardot parlait de calotter son gendre. Pierre reniait nettement son fils.Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des RougonLa Fortune des RougonZola, EmileThe Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile© 2006 BiblioBazaar
And then too, he remembered his declaration to Monsignor Nani, that he himself would never withdraw and suppress his book, for he neither regretted nor disowned anything that was in it.Et il se souvenait aussi de sa déclaration à monsignore Nani, le jour où il avait juré que jamais il ne supprimerait lui-même son livre, car il ne regrettait rien, il ne désavouait rien.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
Then, as Felicite assumed the demeanour of a woman who feels somewhat piqued, he added in her ear, as he kissed her once more: "I take after you, although you disowned me.Et comme Félicité prenait l’attitude d’une femme piquée, il ajouta à son oreille, en l’embrassant de nouveau: «Je tiens de toi, bien que tu m’aies renié.Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des RougonLa Fortune des RougonZola, EmileThe Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile© 2006 BiblioBazaar
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Word forms
disown
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | disowned |
Imperative | disown |
Present Participle (Participle I) | disowning |
Past Participle (Participle II) | disowned |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I disown | we disown |
you disown | you disown |
he/she/it disowns | they disown |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am disowning | we are disowning |
you are disowning | you are disowning |
he/she/it is disowning | they are disowning |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have disowned | we have disowned |
you have disowned | you have disowned |
he/she/it has disowned | they have disowned |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been disowning | we have been disowning |
you have been disowning | you have been disowning |
he/she/it has been disowning | they have been disowning |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I disowned | we disowned |
you disowned | you disowned |
he/she/it disowned | they disowned |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was disowning | we were disowning |
you were disowning | you were disowning |
he/she/it was disowning | they were disowning |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had disowned | we had disowned |
you had disowned | you had disowned |
he/she/it had disowned | they had disowned |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been disowning | we had been disowning |
you had been disowning | you had been disowning |
he/she/it had been disowning | they had been disowning |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will disown | we shall/will disown |
you will disown | you will disown |
he/she/it will disown | they will disown |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be disowning | we shall/will be disowning |
you will be disowning | you will be disowning |
he/she/it will be disowning | they will be disowning |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have disowned | we shall/will have disowned |
you will have disowned | you will have disowned |
he/she/it will have disowned | they will have disowned |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been disowning | we shall/will have been disowning |
you will have been disowning | you will have been disowning |
he/she/it will have been disowning | they will have been disowning |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would disown | we should/would disown |
you would disown | you would disown |
he/she/it would disown | they would disown |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be disowning | we should/would be disowning |
you would be disowning | you would be disowning |
he/she/it would be disowning | they would be disowning |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have disowned | we should/would have disowned |
you would have disowned | you would have disowned |
he/she/it would have disowned | they would have disowned |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been disowning | we should/would have been disowning |
you would have been disowning | you would have been disowning |
he/she/it would have been disowning | they would have been disowning |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am disowned | we are disowned |
you are disowned | you are disowned |
he/she/it is disowned | they are disowned |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being disowned | we are being disowned |
you are being disowned | you are being disowned |
he/she/it is being disowned | they are being disowned |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been disowned | we have been disowned |
you have been disowned | you have been disowned |
he/she/it has been disowned | they have been disowned |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was disowned | we were disowned |
you were disowned | you were disowned |
he/she/it was disowned | they were disowned |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being disowned | we were being disowned |
you were being disowned | you were being disowned |
he/she/it was being disowned | they were being disowned |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been disowned | we had been disowned |
you had been disowned | you had been disowned |
he/she/it had been disowned | they had been disowned |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be disowned | we shall/will be disowned |
you will be disowned | you will be disowned |
he/she/it will be disowned | they will be disowned |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been disowned | we shall/will have been disowned |
you will have been disowned | you will have been disowned |
he/she/it will have been disowned | they will have been disowned |