bequeathing
Passing down legally
Bequeathing is leaving something to someone after death, typically through a will: She is bequeathing her jewelry to her granddaughter.
The word extends to any passing down of non-material things: bequeathing traditions to future generations, bequeathing a legacy of public service.
The present participle of bequeath.
Inherited family treasure
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
- executorAppointed estate manager
estate · probate · trust · heirs · assets · devisee · patrimony · succession
Inherited cultural legacy
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- descendantsThose who come after
- lineageDescent from progenitors
ancestry · custodianship · preservation · dynasty · progeny · forebears · posterity · patrimony
Generous giving for others
- benefactionCharitable gift or deed
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
largesse · magnanimity · patronage · gift · donation · altruism · humanitarianism · charitable giving
Transfer of property rights
- deedWritten property conveyance
- titleFormal honorific or name
- grantBestow or award money
- confermentFormal granting of honor
vesting · cession · devolution · handover · assignment · transference · relinquishment · alienation
Dying person's resting place
- last testamentDocument distributing estate after death
- estate planningPreparing asset distribution posthumously
- end of lifeCessation of existence
- posthumousOccurring after death
mortal · dying wishes · after death · survivors · memorial
heirloom
Inherited family treasure
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
executor · estate · probate · trust · heirs · assets · devisee · patrimony · succession · entailment
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- descendantsThose who come after
lineage · ancestry · custodianship · preservation · dynasty · progeny · forebears · posterity · patrimony · heirlooms
philanthropy
Generous giving for others
- benefactionCharitable gift or deed
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- charityVoluntary aid for others
benevolence · largesse · magnanimity · patronage · gift · donation · altruism · humanitarianism · charitable giving · donor
conveyance
Transfer of property rights
conferment · vesting · cession · devolution · handover · assignment · transference · relinquishment · alienation · disposition
deathbed
Dying person's resting place
- last testamentDocument distributing estate after death
- estate planningPreparing asset distribution posthumously
- end of lifeCessation of existence
posthumous · mortal · dying wishes · after death · survivors · memorial
- givinggift, give, donating, donation, donate
- letting goletting go, forgive, giving up, let go, relinquishing
- giftsgift, gifts, present, presents, gift boxes
- distributingdistributing, dispensing, allocating, apportioning, doling out
- home activitiescleaning, cooking, sleeping, bathing, eating
- entrustingdelegating, assigning, handing over, consigning, committing
bequeathingselling
Trading for payment
gifting · giving · donating · handing over · presenting
bequeathinginheriting
Receiving from ancestors
receiving · acquiring · coming into · obtaining · accepting
bequeathinghoarding
Excessive accumulation of goods
keeping · retaining · withholding · disinheriting · seizing