disinherited in English

verb

1

change one's will or take other steps to prevent (someone) from inheriting one's property.

Soon he's disinherited , cast out of his ancestral home and off to live in seclusion in a Paris warehouse, where he prepares drafts of his next book while his feral sister attends to his needs.

synonyms: cut someone out of one's will, cut off, dispossess, disown, repudiate, reject, cast off/aside, wash one's hands of, have nothing more to do with, turn one's back on, cut off without a penny

verb

• cut someone out of one's will, cut off, dispossess, disown, repudiate, reject, cast off/aside, wash one's hands of, have nothing more to do with, turn one's back on, cut off without a penny
• disown

Use "disinherited" in a sentence

1. After the incident his father disinherited him.

2. Many minority groups throughout history have been disinherited by the majority.

3. The millionaire talked cold turkey to his extravagant nephew, hinting that he might be disinherited.

4. The following year, Henry disinherited the sisters of Isabelle of Gloucester, contrary to legal custom, and betrothed John to the now extremely wealthy Isabelle.

5. In 1543, Henry invited his children to spend Christmas with him, signalling his reconciliation with his daughters, whom he had previously illegitimised and disinherited.

6. Your properties will be divided among the Signoria, all male cousins will be exiled, and anyone who dares to marry a Pazzi woman will be disinherited.

7. In 1790 Malet's family disinherited him for supporting the French revolution, when he became commander of his home town's National Guard and celebrated the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille.

8. It had been expressly agreed that Pontmercy should never attempt to see his son nor to speak to him, under penalty of having the latter handed over to him disowned and disinherited.

9. In spite of his later atheism and Antiecclesiasticism, Marx could not quite forget Jesus' concern for "the least of these." In his writings, he champions the cause of the poor, the exploited, and the disinherited