disinherit

🇺🇸 /ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ˌdɪsɪnˈherɪt/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
verb
R

To legally remove someone from the right to inherit property or money.

If you keep making bad choices, your parents might disinherit you, which means you won't get anything from them when they pass away.

translation

v. To legally remove someone from the right to inherit property or money.

Word Forms

3rd Present disinherits
Past disinherited
Perfect disinherited
Progressive disinheriting