disinherit
verb
[ dɪsɪnˈhɛrɪt ]
• change one's will or take other steps to prevent (someone) from inheriting one's property.
• "the Duke is seeking to disinherit his eldest son"
Similar:
cut someone out of one's will,
cut off,
dispossess,
impoverish,
disown,
repudiate,
renounce,
reject,
oust,
cast off,
cast aside,
wash one's hands of,
have nothing more to do with,
turn one's back on,
cut off without a penny,
Origin:
late Middle English (superseding earlier disherit ): from dis- (expressing removal) + inherit in the obsolete sense ‘make someone an heir’.
