Meanings
noundisheritance (usually uncountable, plural disheritances)
plural disheritances
- obsoleteuncountableusuallySynonym of disinheritance.
Who having chid me almost to the Ruin, / Of a Disheritance
1626 February 1 (licensing date; Gregorian calendar), John Fletcher [et al.], “The Faire Maide of the Inne”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)Synonyms: disinheritance
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of disinheritance.
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Origin
- Anglo-Normandesheritaunce
- Middle Englishdisheritaunce
- Englishdisheritance
Inherited from Middle English disheritaunce, from Anglo-Norman desheritaunce, disheritaunce; equivalent to disherit + -ance.
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disheritance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disheritance
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“disheritance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disheritance. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disheritance,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disheritance.
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