- inheritance, heritage - hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
--1 is a kind of acquisition
Derived form: verb inherit1 - inheritance, heritage - that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
--2 is a kind of transferred property, transferred possession
--2 has parts: heirloom
--2 has particulars:primogeniture; borough English; accretion; bequest, legacy; birthright, patrimony; devise; heirloom - inheritance, hereditary pattern - (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
--3 is a kind of heredity, genetic endowment
--3 has particulars:ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation; linkage, gene linkage; X-linked dominant inheritance; X-linked recessive inheritance Derived form: verb inherit3 - inheritance, heritage - any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"
--4 is a kind of attribute
--4 has particulars: birthright; background; birthright; upbringing