disinherited
Removed from will
Disinherited describes someone who has been cut off from an inheritance, typically by a parent's deliberate exclusion from a will: His father disinherited him after the scandal.
The word extends to anyone denied something they might naturally expect to receive—rights, opportunities, or cultural belonging: the disinherited masses, feeling disinherited from her own heritage.
Rejected familial ties
- estrangedSeparated by emotional distance
- cut-offSeparated or terminated
- abandonedLeft behind completely
- rejectedRefused or turned away
forsaken · renounced · banished · outcast · expelled · alienated · separated · severed
Lacking necessities
- divestedStripped of assets
- strippedHad coverings removed
- bereftDeprived through loss
- landlessOwning no real estate
propertyless · displaced · marginalized · oppressed · exploited · colonized · subjugated · powerless
One who receives legacy
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- estateProperty and grounds
- probateWill validation proceedings
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
will · bequest · legacy · succession · testator · intestate · patrimony · birthright
disowned
Rejected familial ties
- estrangedSeparated by emotional distance
- cut-offSeparated or terminated
- abandonedLeft behind completely
rejected · forsaken · renounced · banished · outcast · expelled · alienated · separated · severed · disconnected
deprived
Lacking necessities
landless · propertyless · displaced · marginalized · oppressed · exploited · colonized · subjugated · powerless · voiceless
heir
One who receives legacy
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- estateProperty and grounds
- probateWill validation proceedings
testament · will · bequest · legacy · succession · testator · intestate · patrimony · birthright · entailment
- displaced peoplerefugee, displaced, IDPs, asylum seeker, displaced persons
disinheritedinherited
Received from forebears
bequeathed · endowed · heir · entitled · beneficiary