exhereditation

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noun

A disinheriting; disherison.

OriginLatin exhereditare →
Scrabble 25
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Meanings

nounexhereditation (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA disinheriting; disherison.

    James Crichton's mother was a Douglas of Strathbrock, and the earl of Douglas would aid Robert Douglas at some point before June 1455 in the exhereditation of the king and his successors' from the lands

    2001, Roland Tanner, The Late Medieval Scottish Parliament: Politics and the Three Estates, 1424-1488

Origin

  1. Latinexhereditare
  2. Englishexhereditation

From Latin exhereditare, exhereditatum (“disinherit”).

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APA

exhereditation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exhereditation

MLA

“exhereditation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exhereditation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exhereditation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exhereditation.

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