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disinherit

[ dis-in-her-it ]

verb (used with object)

  1. Law. to exclude from inheritance (an heir or a next of kin).
  2. to deprive of a heritage, country, right, privilege, etc.:

    the disinherited peoples of the earth.



disinherit

/ ËŒ»åɪ²õɪ²Ôˈ³óÉ›°ùɪ³Ù /

verb

  1. law to deprive (an heir or next of kin) of inheritance or right to inherit
  2. to deprive of a right or heritage
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ»å¾±²õ¾±²Ôˈ³ó±ð°ù¾±³Ù²¹²Ô³¦±ð, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å¾±²õi²Ô·³ó±ð°ùi·³Ù²¹²Ô³¦±ð noun
  • ³Ü²Ôd¾±²õ·¾±²Ô·³ó±ð°ùi³Ù·±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of disinherit1

First recorded in 1525–35; dis- 1 + inherit
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Example Sentences

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Another post suggested disinheriting children, and deploying "your thoughts about the estrangement in the will as a last word."

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As we divest from its dated narratives and disinherit its archetypes, we need artists who are astute and skilled enough to invent new ones.

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Howard Thurman said, “There is one overmastering problem that the socially and politically disinherited always face: under what terms is survival possible?â€

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Callum Flannelly is a painfully shy undertaker in Ireland who will be disinherited if he doesn’t marry by the time he’s 35.

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Fleming severed his relationship with Monique after his mother threatened to disinherit him, an act that would reverberate across his lifetime in pangs of sadness and despair.

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