disinherits
Removes from will
Disinherits is the act of excluding someone from an inheritance, typically by removing them from a will: She disinherited her son after the falling out.
The word implies a deliberate choice to cut off what would otherwise be expected—usually an heir's share of an estate.
Figuratively, to disinherit can mean to deprive someone of any expected legacy or birthright.
Faculty of deliberate choice
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
- probateWill validation proceedings
- estateProperty and grounds
- heirOne who receives legacy
beneficiary · bequest · intestate · succession · executor · codicil · revocation · legacy
Emotional separation between people
- riftCrack or estrangement
- alienationState of being isolated
- discordLack of agreement
- disownmentRejecting familial ties officially
breach · separation · rejection · abandonment · favoritism · sibling rivalry · prodigal · black sheep
Rejected with contempt
- repudiatedFormally rejected or denied
- excludedShut out, denied entry
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
banished · castoff · renounced · disavowed · forsaken · punished · consequences · ultimatum
will
Faculty of deliberate choice
heir · beneficiary · bequest · intestate · succession · executor · codicil · revocation · legacy · testator
estrangement
Emotional separation between people
- riftCrack or estrangement
- alienationState of being isolated
- discordLack of agreement
disownment · breach · separation · rejection · abandonment · favoritism · sibling rivalry · prodigal · black sheep · reconciliation
spurned
Rejected with contempt
- repudiatedFormally rejected or denied
- excludedShut out, denied entry
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
ostracized · banished · castoff · renounced · disavowed · forsaken · punished · consequences · ultimatum · conditional
- cuts offdisconnects, severs, detaches, unplugs, shuts off
disinheritsembraces
Holds lovingly, or adopts
reinstates · acknowledges · claims · adopts · legitimizes