inheritance - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'inheritance' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Inheritance

[ n.]

- The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities.
- That which is or may be inherited; that which is derived by an heir from an ancestor or other person; a heritage; a possession which passes by descent.
- A permanent or valuable possession or blessing, esp. one received by gift or without purchase; a benefaction.
- Possession; ownership; acquisition.
- Transmission and reception by animal or plant generation.
- A perpetual or continuing right which a man and his heirs have to an estate; an estate which a man has by descent as heir to another, or which he may transmit to another as his heir; an estate derived from an ancestor to an heir in course of law.

Meaning of 'inheritance' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . inheritance

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors

Example in sentence:

my only inheritance was my mother's blessing;
the world's heritage of knowledge

Nearby Words:

inhabile inhability inhabit inhabitable inhabitance inhabitancy inhabitant inhabitate inhabitation inhabitativeness

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