Dictionary Entry
disinherit
disinherit is a 10-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 14 · 3 senses
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- 1transitive verb
To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent.
- 2transitive verb
To deprive of heritage; to dispossess.
- 3verb
prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
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