Their respective parents formally and legally disowned them.
In one scene Callum asks George whether his parents disowned him because he is homosexual.
Jones' parents disowned him, which is something my parents never quite did to me.
Both their parents disowned them, so they're very happy in New York.
Her parents had practically disowned her when she married him.
His parents would probably disown him if he threw in the towel again.
"That's when my parents practically disowned me," he said.
There were cases where parents disowned a daughter because the medical report stated that she was not a virgin.
Because of this her parents disowned her and told everyone that she died.
Ali's parents had disowned Ali after he refused to stop playing music.