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England opened up the world of literature for me. Not really having a world of my own, I made up for my disinheritance by absorbing the world of others... I loved them: George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens... I adopted them passionately.
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Meaning of "disinheritance" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DISINHERITANCE

disinheritance  [ˌdɪsɪnˈhɛrɪtəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISINHERITANCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Disinheritance is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DISINHERITANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of disinheritance in the English dictionary

The definition of disinheritance in the dictionary is the act of depriving an heir or next of kin of inheritance or right to inherit. Other definition of disinheritance is the state of being deprived of inheritance or right to inherit.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISINHERITANCE


acquittance
əˈkwɪtəns
admittance
ədˈmɪtəns
appetence
ˈæpɪtəns
capacitance
kəˈpæsɪtəns
coinheritance
ˌkəʊɪnˈherɪtəns
competence
ˈkɒmpɪtəns
concomitance
kənˈkɒmɪtəns
emittance
ɪˈmɪtəns
hesitance
ˈhezɪtəns
immunocompetence
ˌɪmjʊnəʊˈkɒmpɪtəns
impenitence
ɪmˈpɛnɪtəns
incompetence
ɪnˈkɒmpɪtəns
inheritance
ɪnˈhɛrɪtəns
intermittence
ˌɪntəˈmɪtəns
latence
ˈleɪtəns
penitence
ˈpenɪtəns
pittance
ˈpɪtəns
quittance
ˈkwɪtəns
remittance
rɪˈmɪtəns
transmittance
trænzˈmɪtəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISINHERITANCE

disinflation
disinflationary
disinform
disinformation
disingenuity
disingenuous
disingenuously
disingenuousness
disinherison
disinherit
disinhibit
disinhibition
disinhibitory
disinhume
disintegrable
disintegrate
disintegration
disintegrative
disintegrator
disinter

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISINHERITANCE

acceptance
acquaintance
advance
amount of substance
assistance
circumstance
Constance
court of first instance
distance
for instance
importance
instance
long-distance
reluctance
repentance
resistance
stance
substance
the distance
the Resistance
walking distance

Synonyms and antonyms of disinheritance in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «disinheritance» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISINHERITANCE

Find out the translation of disinheritance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of disinheritance from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «disinheritance» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

断绝父子关系
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desheredación
570 millions of speakers

English

disinheritance
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पैतृक धन की अप्रप्ति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحرمان من الميراث
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лишение наследства
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

deserdação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

disinheritance
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

déshéritement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kelahiran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Enterbung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

廃除
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

disinheritance
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Disinheritansi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tước quyền thừa kế
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

disinheritance
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वारसा हक्क
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mirastan mahrum etme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

diseredamento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wydziedziczenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

позбавлення спадщини
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dezmoștenire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποκλήρωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onterwing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

disinheritance
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

disinheritance
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of disinheritance

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISINHERITANCE»

The term «disinheritance» is normally little used and occupies the 133.589 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISINHERITANCE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about disinheritance

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2 QUOTES WITH «DISINHERITANCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word disinheritance.
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
I'm not interested in who am I. I'm interested in what's gone, the disinheritance, what I've been able to become or learn or fuse with or not fuse with. A certain freedom comes... I like it that way.
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
England opened up the world of literature for me. Not really having a world of my own, I made up for my disinheritance by absorbing the world of others... I loved them: George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens... I adopted them passionately.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISINHERITANCE»

Discover the use of disinheritance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to disinheritance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Literary disinheritance: the writing of home in the work of ...
Literary Disinheritance examines post-nationalist articulations of _home_ in the writing of the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish and the Algerian writer Assia Djebar, providing a rare comparative and interdisciplinary analysis of ...
Najat Rahman, 2008
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Tracking Bubu: Or, How Threats of Disinheritance Caused Me ...
A compilation of journal entries and e-mails written over a 15-month period while in the jungles of Africa, this collection tells the author’s story of tracking gorillas—called BuBu by the BaKa pygmies of the region.
Catja Orford, 2007
3
Wills, Trusts, and Estates: Keyed to ...
Louisiana approach: In 1995, Louisiana amended its constitution so that the protection against disinheritance now applies only to children under 23, the mentally infirm, and the disabled. In addition, a child can be disinherited if there is ''just ...
Peter Wendel, 2005
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The legacy of aging: inheritance and disinheritance in ...
This volume is an important investigation of the social characteristic of inheritance in America. It is one of the first studies to apply sociological theory and multivariate analysis to geriatric lifestyles and testamentary behavior.
Jeffrey P. Rosenfeld, 1979
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Philippine Law Dictionary
DISINHERITANCE DISMISSAL DISINHERITANCE A testamentary disposition depriving any complusory heir of his share in the legitime for a cause authorized by law. — Nuguid v. Nuguid, 123 Phil. 1314. Compulsory heir. In order that a ...
6
Ius Commune 27
exclusion from inheritance for a worthy reason - for example, because the father relies on his son's Support - this exclusion, strictly speaking, may not be treated äs an authentic disinheritance.86 Disinheritance refers to all inheritable property  ...
Helmut Coing
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Property, ownership, and its modifications
A subsequent reconciliation between the offender and the offended person deprives the latter of the right to disinherit and renders ineffectual any disinheritance that may have been made (Art. 922, Civil Code). Reconciliation is the resumption ...
Jose C. Vitug, 2006
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Inheritance Law And The Evolving Family
Studies in the related area of spousal disinheritance indicate that disinheritance of the surviving spouse is quite rare. Nonetheless, lawmakers in all separate- property states except Georgia have enacted statutes to protect the surviving spouse ...
Ralph Brashier, 2008
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Cengage Advantage Books: Business Law: Text & Cases - ...
Under the English rule, a disinheritance provision, or a so-called “negative will[,]” was enforceable only if “the testator clearly expressed an intent to limit an heir * * * , and at least one other heir remained eligible to receive the intestate property.
Roger Miller, 2014
10
Family Law in the Czech Republic
Problems arise in the practical writing out of the disinheritance deed. Taking into account the present court practice it is apparent that writing out a disinheritance deed is a very uncertain act in law, the outcome of which, purported by the ...
Milana Hrušáková, Lenka Westphalova, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISINHERITANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term disinheritance is used in the context of the following news items.
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Application Of Home Country Inheritance Law
... long as it is compliant with Sharia doctrine. One example is a Hindu law that allows disinheritance of parents, this is in conflict with Shariah. «Mondaq News Alerts, Jul 15»
2
Succession planning under scrutiny
To add to the proposed changes to the protection from disinheritance law, changes to the law on how a deceased's estate is distributed when ... «Scotsman, Jun 15»
3
From the author's mouth: Julietta Harvey
All are consumed by the avarice of a devouring disinheritance. The city itself, sinking under a mounting garbage strike, is thick with haggling, ... «Cambridge News, Jun 15»
4
FCT Chief Judge Blames Widows' Plight on Legal Regime
... however expressed the readiness of the FCT judiciary to protect widows against all forms of harmful mourning and disinheritance practices. «Daily Times Nigeria, Jun 15»
5
Q&A: Issues of bequeathing farming assets
A. The Scottish Government wants to change the law as part of its wider land reform plans to give protection from disinheritance. There will be a ... «The Courier, Jun 15»
6
Heir's disinheritance should be justified
My uncle passed away three weeks ago. His wife and two children are now in the process of settling the properties that he left, which includes a ... «The Manila Times, May 15»
7
Jayde Panayiotou murder: Details revealed
... further states Panayiotou's father was not happy about the accused's extramarital affair and warned him that he ran the risk of disinheritance. «Eyewitness News, May 15»
8
Nell Zink's Brilliant Mislaid Is a Parody of a Satire of Race
... a series of sorrows and humiliations: sexual confusion, homophobic exclusion, disinheritance, artistic failure, motherlessness, fatherlessness, ... «Vulture, May 15»
9
Rojava - Revolution Between a Rock and a Hard Place
... range of forms of violence against women, from child marriage, polygyny, disinheritance of women and bride exchange to domestic violence. «Anarkismo.net, May 15»
10
'The Liar' Presents A Fabulous Fabulist
Before all is resolved in the end, there's a duel, midnight meetings, a series of slaps, a disinheritance, torn love letters and a very funny master ... «Hartford Courant, May 15»

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