inheritance

noun

1. something that is or may be inherited; property passing at the owner’s death to the heir or those entitled to succeed; legacy.
2. the genetic characters transmitted from parent to offspring, taken collectively.
3. something, as a quality, characteristic, or other immaterial possession, received from progenitors or predecessors as if by succession: an inheritance of family pride.
4. the act or fact of inheriting by succession, as if by succession, or genetically: to receive property by inheritance.
5. portion; birthright; heritage: Absolute rule was considered the inheritance of kings.
6. Obsolete. right of possession; ownership.

noun

1. law
   1. hereditary succession to an estate, title, etc
   2. the right of an heir to succeed to property on the death of an ancestor
   3. something that may legally be transmitted to an heir
2. the act of inheriting
3. something inherited; heritage
4. the derivation of characteristics of one generation from an earlier one by heredity
5. obsolete hereditary rights

n.

1. The process of genetic transmission of traits from parents to offspring.
2. A characteristic so inherited.
3. The sum of characteristics genetically transmitted from parents to offspring.

1. The process by which traits or characteristics pass from parents to offspring through the genes.