Inheritance Definition

ĭn-hĕrĭ-təns
noun
The action of inheriting.
Webster's New World
Something inherited or to be inherited; legacy; bequest.
Webster's New World
Something regarded as a heritage.
The cultural inheritance of Rome.
American Heritage Medicine
Ownership by virtue of birthright; right to inherit.
Webster's New World
Anything received as if by inheritance from a predecessor.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Inheritance

Noun

Singular:
inheritance
Plural:
inheritances

Origin of Inheritance

  • Recorded since 1473, from to inherit, itself from Old French enheriter "make heir, appoint as heir," from Late Latin inhereditare "to appoint as heir," from Latin in- "in" + hereditare "to inherit," from heres (gen. heredis) "heir".

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