Definition of Inheritance

Noun: inheritance in'he-ri-t(u)n(t)s

Hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
- heritage
(law) that which is inherited; a title, property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
- heritage
(genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
- hereditary pattern
Any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
"my only inheritance was my mother's blessing";
- heritage