admit vs disown

admit

verb
  • To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to). 

  • To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration 

  • To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of). 

  • To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise. 

  • To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment. 

  • To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted. 

disown

verb
  • To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own. 

  • To repudiate any connection to; to renounce. 

  • To detach (a job or process) so that it can continue to run even when the user who launched it ends his/her login session. 

How often have the words admit and disown occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )