disinherit
verb (used with object)
to exclude from inheritance (an heir or a next of kin).
disinherits
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present tense formof disinherit (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Nearly every state in the U.S. has a version of California’s slayer statute, which effectively disinherits beneficiaries who’ve “feloniously and intentionally” killed their benefactors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
When Daemon's conduct becomes intolerable, Viserys disinherits and banishes him.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2022
If she disinherits me, her only child, I can’t make it up to my half-siblings.
From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2021
He disinherits Lewis, leaving him only the ill-fated collection.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2015
The papers say that her father disinherits her, but I think too well of an Orde to suppose that she has not a handsome independence of her own.
From Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record by William Austen-Leigh
