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disinherit

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˌdɪsɪnˈhɛɹɪt/
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  • rhymes with -ɛɹɪt

1

verb

Meaning 1

To exclude from inheritance; to disown.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Excuses for disinheriting people, that we swear we're not making up

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disown

Antonyms: bequeath

Broader terms: deprive

History

Etymology

From Middle English disenheriten, equivalent to dis- + inherit.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَرَمَ مِنَ ٱلْوَرَاثَة (ḥarama mina l-warāṯa) — to exclude from inheritance
  • Armenian: ժառանգությունից զրկել (žaṙangutʻyunicʻ zrkel) — to exclude from inheritance
  • Bulgarian: лишавам от наследство (lišavam ot nasledstvo) — to exclude from inheritance
  • Catalan: desheretar — to exclude from inheritance
  • Czech: vydědit — to exclude from inheritance
  • Dutch: onterven — to exclude from inheritance
  • Esperanto: senheredigi — to exclude from inheritance
  • Finnish: tehdä perinnöttömäksi — to exclude from inheritance
  • Finnish: jättää perinnöttä — to exclude from inheritance
  • French: déshériter — to exclude from inheritance
  • German: enterben — to exclude from inheritance
  • Greek: αποκληρώνω (apokliróno) — to exclude from inheritance
  • Ido: desheredigar — to exclude from inheritance
  • Italian: diseredare — to exclude from inheritance
  • Latin: exhērēdō — to exclude from inheritance
  • Māori: whakahoe — to exclude from inheritance
  • Polish: wydziedziczać — to exclude from inheritance
  • Polish: wydziedziczyć — to exclude from inheritance
  • Portuguese: deserdar — to exclude from inheritance
  • Russian: лиши́ть насле́дства (lišítʹ naslédstva) — to exclude from inheritance
  • Slovak: vydediť — to exclude from inheritance
  • Spanish: desheredar — to exclude from inheritance
  • Thai: ตัดมิให้รับมรดก (dtàt-mí-hâi-ráp-mɔɔ-rá-dòk) — to exclude from inheritance
  • Turkish: mirastan mahrum bırakmak — to exclude from inheritance
  • Ukrainian: позбавити спадщини (pozbavyty spadščyny) — to exclude from inheritance