INHERITANCE

• (noun) hereditary succession to a title or an office or property

  synonyms : heritage

• (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

• (noun) (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents

  synonyms : hereditary pattern

• (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

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