bequest
Will's promised transfer
A bequest is something left to someone in a will—money, property, or possessions transferred after death: The museum received a generous bequest from a longtime patron.
The word can also refer to the act of leaving such a gift.
More broadly, bequest describes anything passed down from predecessors: the bequest of democratic ideals from the founding generation.
Faculty of deliberate choice
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
- probateWill validation proceedings
- executorAppointed estate manager
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
codicil · trustee · estate · intestate · testator · decedent · succession · solicitor
Property and grounds
- patrimonyInherited estate or legacy
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
- legacyWhat's passed down
fortune · assets · property · trust fund · annuity · remainder · chattels · real property
Custom passed through generations
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- custodianshipResponsibility for care, protection
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
cultural legacy · heirloom · patrimony · birthright · provenance · genealogy · posterity · forebears
Permanent donated fund
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- benefactionCharitable gift or deed
- grantBestow or award money
- contributionSomething given to help
bestowal · charity · philanthropy · largesse · munificence · patronage · alms · offering
Designated asset receiver
- heirOne who receives legacy
- heiressFemale wealth recipient
- legateeRecipient of bequest
- deviseeBeneficiary of bequeathed property
inheritor · descendant · successor · recipient · next of kin · claimant · rightful owner
Act of holding something in mind
- tributeOffering of respect
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
in memoriam · posthumous · memorial fund · perpetuity · foundation · epitaph · obituary · eulogy
will
Faculty of deliberate choice
beneficiary · codicil · trustee · estate · intestate · testator · decedent · succession · solicitor · notary
estate
Property and grounds
- patrimonyInherited estate or legacy
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
legacy · fortune · assets · property · trust fund · annuity · remainder · chattels · real property · personal effects
tradition
Custom passed through generations
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- custodianshipResponsibility for care, protection
preservation · cultural legacy · heirloom · patrimony · birthright · provenance · genealogy · posterity · forebears · bloodline
endowment
Permanent donated fund
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- benefactionCharitable gift or deed
- grantBestow or award money
contribution · bestowal · charity · philanthropy · largesse · munificence · patronage · alms · offering · bounty
beneficiary
Designated asset receiver
devisee · inheritor · descendant · successor · recipient · next of kin · claimant · rightful owner
remembrance
Act of holding something in mind
- tributeOffering of respect
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
honor · in memoriam · posthumous · memorial fund · perpetuity · foundation · epitaph · obituary · eulogy
- arts lawart fraud, fair use, intellectual property, looted art, restitution claims
- Roman inheritanceheirs, testament, testator, intestate, legatee
- philanthropydonations, charity work, donate, give, giving
- acquisitionpurchase, buying, procurement, acquisition, receiving
- charitable givingcharitable gift, charitable gifts, donation, donations, contribution
- fundingfunding, grant, loan, grants, venture capital
bequestinheritance
Property received from ancestors
confiscation · forfeiture · seizure · expropriation · taking
bequestdisinheritance
Exclusion from inheritance
disownment · disinheriting · disinherit · disown · omission