disinherit
Remove from will
To disinherit someone is to cut them out of an inheritance they would otherwise receive, typically by excluding them from a will.
Parents may disinherit children who have disappointed or estranged them: After the scandal, his father threatened to disinherit him entirely.
The term can also apply figuratively to any situation where someone is denied a legacy or birthright they might have expected.
One who receives legacy
- estateProperty and grounds
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
probate · testator · executor · succession · codicil · intestate · bequeath · patrimony
Emotional separation between people
- disownReject connection to
- alienationState of being isolated
- riftCrack or estrangement
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
outcast · banishment · exile · separation · abandonment · forsake · repudiate · renounce
Unfavorable opinion expressed
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- consequenceResult of an action
- spitePetty malicious intent
vindictive · grudge · revenge · ultimatum · conditional · threat · leverage · control
heir
One who receives legacy
beneficiary · probate · testator · executor · succession · codicil · intestate · bequeath · patrimony · birthright
estrangement
Emotional separation between people
- disownReject connection to
- alienationState of being isolated
- riftCrack or estrangement
rejection · outcast · banishment · exile · separation · abandonment · forsake · repudiate · renounce · falling-out
disapproval
Unfavorable opinion expressed
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- consequenceResult of an action
spite · vindictive · grudge · revenge · ultimatum · conditional · threat · leverage · control · manipulation
- inheritanceinheritances, heir, heirs, heiress, bequest
- royal successionthrone, succession, line of succession, order of succession, succession line
- willstestator, last will, testament, codicil, bequest