hand down
Give to offspring
To hand down is to pass something from one generation or authority to the next.
Parents hand down traditions, heirlooms, or family recipes.
Courts hand down verdicts and sentences—decisions issued from a position of authority.
Clothes are handed down from older siblings to younger ones.
The phrase emphasizes transmission across time or hierarchy, with the giver in the higher position.
Inherited family treasure
- bequestGift left by will
- estateProperty and grounds
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
- patrimonyInherited estate or legacy
legacy · heir · beneficiary · will · testament · endowment · succession · entailment
Transmit to another
- impartGive by communication
- conveyCommunicate or transport
- relayStage-by-stage transmission
- teachImpart skills or knowledge
instruct · transfer · share · communicate · bestow · give · entrust · confer
Habitual group practice
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- loreTraditional knowledge transmitted orally
- ancestryFamily line of descent
culture · ceremony · rites · practice · belief · oral history · storytelling · generational
heirloom
Inherited family treasure
- bequestGift left by will
- estateProperty and grounds
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
patrimony · legacy · heir · beneficiary · will · testament · endowment · succession · entailment · devise
pass along
Transmit to another
teach · instruct · transfer · share · communicate · bestow · give · entrust · confer · disseminate
custom
Habitual group practice
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- loreTraditional knowledge transmitted orally
ancestry · culture · ceremony · rites · practice · belief · oral history · storytelling · generational · elders
verdict
Official court decision
- rulingFormal legal determination
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
decree · decision · appellate · precedent · adjudicate · appeal · courtroom · bench · tribunal · magistrate
- legacybequest, inheritance, heirloom, heritage, tradition
- transfer verbsgive, pass, send, share, convey
- gymnastics deductionsbent knees, balance check, step, hop, fall
- skating mistakesfall, stumble, wobble, trip, slip
- declutteringdecluttering, organizing, donating, purging, discarding