noun
Meaning 1
The act of disinheriting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disheritance
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
disinheritance
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌdɪsɪnˈhɛrɪtən(t)s/
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/ˌdɪsənˈhɛrətən(t)s/
noun
Meaning 2
the act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inherit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: discontinuance, discontinuation
History
Etymology
From disinherit + -ance, replacing disheritance.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: vydědění — act of disinheriting
- Dutch: onterving — act of disinheriting
- Finnish: perinnöttömäksi jättäminen — act of disinheriting
- Finnish: perinnöttömäksi tekeminen — act of disinheriting
- French: exhérédation — act of disinheriting
- German: Enterbung — act of disinheriting
- Italian: diseredazione — act of disinheriting
- Middle English: disheritaunce — act of disinheriting
- Polish: wydziedziczenie — act of disinheriting
- Slovak: vydedenie — act of disinheriting
- Spanish: desheredación — act of disinheriting
- Thai: การตัดมิให้รับมรดก (gaan-dtàt-mí-hâi-ráp-mɔɔ-rá-dòk) — act of disinheriting