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inheritance

/ inheritance /

noun

noun Sense 1

hereditary succession to a title or an office or property

Type of:

acquisition

Derived:

inherit come into

noun Sense 2

any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors

"my only inheritance was my mother''s blessing"

"the world''s heritage of knowledge"

Type of:

attribute

Kinds of:

birthright background upbringing

noun Sense 3

(genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents

Type of:

heredity genetic endowment

Kinds of:

ancestry lineage derivation filiation linkage

Derived:

inherit

Domain:

genetics genetic science

noun Sense 4

that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

Type of:

transferred property transferred possession

Kinds of:

primogeniture borough English accretion bequest legacy

Domain:

law jurisprudence

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