inheritance

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
    that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
    (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
    any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors

Word Origin

inheritance (n.)
late 14c., enheritaunce "fact of receiving by hereditary succession;" early 15c. as "that which is inherited," from Anglo-French enheritance, Old French enheritaunce, from enheriter (see inherit). Heritance "act of inheriting" is from mid-15c.

Example

1. That is quite an inheritance to have squandered .
2. It is also about inheritance and income gaps .
3. And that-the inheritance of an acquired characteristic-is quite startling .
4. The law gives same-sex couples full inheritance and adoption rights .
5. And those views are shaped by cultural inheritance , more so than people may realize .

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