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disentailment

Pronunciation: /dɪsɪnˈteɪlmənt, dɪsɛn-/

Definition of disentailment

noun

[mass noun] Law

the action of freeing property from entail:the disentailment of the Church’s landed property

Derivatives

disentail

disentailment in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of disentailment in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

disendow
disenfranchise
disengage
disengaged
disengagement
disentailment
disentangle
disenthral
disentitle
disentomb
disequilibrium

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monocular

/ məˈnɒkjʊlə

adjective , noun

with, for, or in one eye …

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