be-little — to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
disclaim — to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disavow; disown: disclaiming all participation.
adjective own
disown — to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce: to disown one's heirs; to disown a published statement.
