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disinherit

v. prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

throw, cast, drop, shed, cast off, throw away, shake off, throw off

v. get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"

renounce, turn away from, quit, relinquish, foreswear

v. turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"

lurch, abandon, desert, desolate, forsake

v. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"

renounce, repudiate

v. cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

refuse to acknowledge, disavow

v. refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"

disclaim, renounce title to

v. renounce a legal claim or title to

discard, toss, fling, put away, throw out, chuck out, throw away, cast away, cast out, cast aside, toss away, toss out, dispose of

v. throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

condemn, judge unfit, declare unfit

v. declare or judge unfit; "The building was condemned by the inspector"

contradict, controvert, oppose

v. be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion"

protest, dissent, resist

v. express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country"

discount, disregard, ignore, brush off, dismiss, brush aside, push aside

v. bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances"

disregard, neglect, slight, ignore, cold-shoulder

v. have no respect for

deny

v. refuse to grant, as of a petition or request; "The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses"; "the prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day"

renounce, abdicate

v. give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"

abjure, recant, forswear, retract

v. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

leave, will, bequeath

v. leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate"

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