verb (used with object)
- Law. to exclude from inheritance (an heir or a next of kin).
- to deprive of a heritage, country, right, privilege, etc.: the disinherited peoples of the earth.
verb (tr)
- law to deprive (an heir or next of kin) of inheritance or right to inherit
- to deprive of a right or heritage
mid-15c., from dis- “not” + inherit. Related: Disinherited; disinheriting. Replaced earlier desherit (c.1300), from Old French desheriter.