disinheritance

American  

[dis-in-her-it-uhns] / ˌdɪs ɪnˈhɛr ɪt əns /

noun

plural

disinheritances

1. the act of disinheriting; the fact or condition of being disinherited.

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Example Sentences

This serves to avoid the complete disinheritance of a surviving spouse.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026

But where laws fail to protect widows, the resolution of disinheritance disputes often comes down to family mediation alone.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2022

The family wealth has long been sold off or dispersed, and Smith’s mother famously threatened him with disinheritance during a family rift in the 1990s.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2021

The daughter might have "conspired" in the disinheritance but I suspect this was as much if not more a problem of his bad daddery in raising her than her failing as an adult.

From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2018

He was Edmund, Earl of Wolleck, uncle of Hattie’s friend Blossom, the uncle whose marriage she feared because it might cause her disinheritance.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine