Meanings
present singular third person disinherits · participle present disinheriting · participle past disinherited · past disinherited
- transitiveTo exclude from inheritance; to disown.
Excuses for disinheriting people, that we swear we're not making up
1 more example
Obviously, the process of coming out is not easy, regardless of social status: homophobia cuts across all classes. While the wealthy person has less to risk because of his or her material security (I haven't yet heard of anyone being disinherited), there are often obstacles unique to those with money.
1978 December 9, David Steven, “Living in a Double Closet”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 20, page 9Synonyms: cut off
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo exclude from inheritance; to disown.
More synonyms by meaning
verbprevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishdisenheriten
- Englishdisinherit
From Middle English disenheriten, equivalent to dis- + inherit.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic حَرَمَ مِنَ ٱلْوَرَاثَة
- حَرَمَ مِنَ ٱلْوَرَاثَة (ḥarama mina l-warāṯa)to exclude from inheritance
Bulgarian лишавам от наследство
- лишавам от наследство (lišavam ot nasledstvo)to exclude from inheritance
Catalan desheretar
- desheretarto exclude from inheritance
Czech vydědit
- vyděditto exclude from inheritance
Dutch onterven
- ontervento exclude from inheritance
Esperanto senheredigi
- senheredigito exclude from inheritance
Finnish tehdä perinnöttömäksi, jättää perinnöttä
- tehdä perinnöttömäksito exclude from inheritance
- jättää perinnöttäto exclude from inheritance
French déshériter
- déshériterto exclude from inheritance
German enterben
- enterbento exclude from inheritance
Greek αποκληρώνω
- αποκληρώνω (apokliróno)to exclude from inheritance
Italian diseredare
- diseredareto exclude from inheritance
Latin exhērēdō
- exhērēdōto exclude from inheritance
Māori whakahoe
- whakahoeto exclude from inheritance
Polish wydziedziczać, wydziedziczyć
- wydziedziczaćto exclude from inheritance
- wydziedziczyćto exclude from inheritance
Portuguese deserdar
- deserdarto exclude from inheritance
Russian лиши́ть насле́дства
- лиши́ть насле́дства (lišítʹ naslédstva)to exclude from inheritance
Slovak vydediť
- vydediťto exclude from inheritance
Spanish desheredar
- desheredarto exclude from inheritance
Thai ตัดมิให้รับมรดก
- ตัดมิให้รับมรดก (dtàt-mí-hâi-ráp-mɔɔ-rá-dòk)to exclude from inheritance
Turkish mirastan mahrum bırakmak
- mirastan mahrum bırakmakto exclude from inheritance
Ukrainian позбавити спадщини
- позбавити спадщини (pozbavyty spadščyny)to exclude from inheritance
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with disinherit
All rhymes →Cite this entry
disinherit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disinherit
“disinherit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disinherit. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disinherit,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disinherit.
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