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INHERITANCE

Definition:

1. [noun] hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
   Synonyms: heritage
   
   
2. [noun] that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
   Synonyms: heritage
   
   
3. [noun] (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
   Synonyms: hereditary pattern
   
   
4. [noun] any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"
   Synonyms: heritage
   
   

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Related Words:

• primogeniture
• borough English
• accretion
• bequest, legacy
• birthright, patrimony
• devise
• heirloom
• ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation
• linkage, gene linkage
• X-linked dominant inheritance
• X-linked recessive inheritance
• birthright
• background
• birthright
• upbringing

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