disinheriting
Removing from will
Disinheriting is cutting someone out of an inheritance, typically by excluding them from a will.
Parents may disinherit children who disappoint them or estrange themselves: He was disinherited after the scandal.
The term extends to any denial of what someone might expect to receive by right or tradition.
Faculty of deliberate choice
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
- heirOne who receives legacy
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- estateProperty and grounds
probate · bequest · codicil · succession · executor · trustee · intestate · decedent
Emotional separation between people
- disownmentRejecting familial ties officially
- alienationState of being isolated
- riftCrack or estrangement
- breachBreaking of agreement
falling-out · rejection · repudiation · discord · separation · detachment · disapproval · schism
Formal barring from sacraments
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- disenfranchisementRemoval of voting rights
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
- blacklistingFormally marking for rejection
debarment · proscription · boycott · segregation · isolation · cutoff · renunciation · disaffiliation
will
Faculty of deliberate choice
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
- heirOne who receives legacy
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
estate · probate · bequest · codicil · succession · executor · trustee · intestate · decedent · primogeniture
estrangement
Emotional separation between people
- disownmentRejecting familial ties officially
- alienationState of being isolated
- riftCrack or estrangement
breach · falling-out · rejection · repudiation · discord · separation · detachment · disapproval · schism · disaffection
excommunication
Formal barring from sacraments
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- disenfranchisementRemoval of voting rights
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
blacklisting · debarment · proscription · boycott · segregation · isolation · cutoff · renunciation · disaffiliation · severance
disinheritingbequeathing
Giving by testament
endowing · bestowing · passing down · entailing · devising
disinheritingembracing
Holding warmly, willingly accepting
reinstating · including · accepting · recognizing · acknowledging
heritage, inherit, inheritance, inherited, heredity, heiress, hereditary, inheritor, inherits