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Disinheritance

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The act of disinheriting

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The act of disinheriting, or the condition of being; disinherited; disherison.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The act of disinheriting, or the state of being disinherited.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the act by a donor that terminates the right of a person to inherit

Word Usage

"Families routinely shun other family members, whether through disinheritance and outright withdrawal of any contact or support, or the deafening "silent treatment" that some spouses and parents engage in as a form of punishment for real or perceived offenses."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

discontinuation discontinuance

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

disinherited disherison disowning exheredation disinherison

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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