disˈownment
[f. as disown v. + -ment.]
The act of disowning, renunciation; spec. repudiation from membership in the Society of Friends.
| 1806 Clarkson Port. Quaker. I. Discipline i. §11. 195 He is then publicly excluded from membership, or, as it is called, Disowned. This is done by a distinct document, called a Testimony of Disownment. 1883 Book of Discipline of Soc. Friends 203 The Monthly Meeting should, after due consideration, issue a testimony of disownment against such person. 1893 Columbus (Ohio) Disp. 14 Sept., The disownment and desertion [of Burns] by Jean Armour. |