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disheritance

disheritance noun: synonym of disinheritance.

Noun

disheritance (usually uncountable, plural disheritances)

  1. (obsolete, usually) Synonym of disinheritance.
    • Who having chid me almost to the Ruin, / Of a Disheritance1626 February 1 (licensing date; Gregorian calendar), John Fletcher [et al.], “The Faire Maide of the Inne”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey...
    Synonyms:
    disinheritance

Synonyms of disheritance

Forms of disheritance

pluraldisheritances

Origin of disheritance

Inherited from Middle English disheritaunce, from Anglo-Norman desheritaunce, disheritaunce; equivalent to disherit + -ance.

Questions about disheritance

What does disheritance mean?
Disheritance means synonym of disinheritance.
What part of speech is disheritance?
Disheritance is a noun.
What is the plural of disheritance?
The plural of disheritance is disheritances.

Words near disheritance in the dictionary

  1. disher
  2. disher scoop
  3. disher scoops
  4. disherison
  5. disherit
  6. disheritance
  7. disheritances
  8. disherited
  9. disheriting
  10. disheritor
  11. disheritors

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