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| Sounds | ihnhheh'rahtahns |
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| Rhymes | abeyance, abhorrence, absence, and 264 more rhymes in ahns... |
| Meaning | Hereditary succession to a title or an office or property. |
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| Synonyms | heritage |
| Broader | acquisition |
| Verbs | inherit |
| Meaning | That which is inherited. A title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner. |
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| Synonyms | heritage |
| Parts | heirloom |
| Category | law, jurisprudence |
| Broader | transferred property, transferred possession |
| Narrower | primogeniture; borough English; accretion; bequest, legacy; birthright, patrimony; devise; heirloom |
| Meaning | (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents. |
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| Synonyms | hereditary pattern |
| Category | genetics, genetic science |
| Broader | heredity, genetic endowment |
| Narrower | ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation; linkage, gene linkage; X-linked dominant inheritance; X-linked recessive inheritance |
| Verbs | inherit |
| Meaning | Any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors. |
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| Examples | "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing" |
| Synonyms | heritage |
| Broader | attribute |
| Narrower | birthright; background; birthright; upbringing |
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