disherit

dis·her·it

[dis-her-it]
verb (used with object)
to disinherit.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English deseriten < Anglo-French, Old French deseriter, equivalent to des- dis-1 + heriter to inherit

dis·her·i·tor, noun
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