legacy
What outlives you
The narrower legal meaning of legacy is a bequest – money or property left to someone in a will.
This meaning spawns the more general use of an often-intangible thing that is passed from one generation to the next: By signing the legislation into law, the president is trying to cement his legacy.
Legacy is used to describe a college student whose admission to an elite university is due to the attendance of relatives in previous generations: He was a Princeton legacy.
Placed before another noun, legacy refers to systems, methods, or companies that have failed to modernize: The computer was running legacy software.
Property and grounds
- heirOne who receives legacy
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
- bequestGift left by will
trust · probate · executor · testament · heirloom · inherit · bequeath · endowment
Family line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- cultureCollective social practices
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
history · genealogy · forebears · ancestors · bloodline · dynasty · clan · descent
Power to affect others
- footprintMark from stepping
- contributionSomething given to help
- markVisible impression or sign
- imprintMark from applied pressure
effect · achievement · accomplishment · philanthropy · endowment · foundation · scholarship · benefaction
Act of proceeding further
- transferMove between locations
- passingMoving by or temporary
- handoverTransfer of control
- transitionChange from one state
next-generation · mantle · stewardship · custodianship · heir-apparent · successor · predecessor · dynasty
Continuing through time
- timelessUnaffected by eras
- enduringPersisting through time
- permanenceQuality of lasting indefinitely
- continuityUninterrupted progression or coherence
immortality · abiding · everlasting · perpetual · indelible · unforgotten · remembered · commemorated
Software project's complete source
- systemConnected parts forming whole
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
- deprecatedFormally advised against using
- backward-compatibleFunctions with prior versions
outdated · migration · maintenance · obsolete · vintage · retrofit · upgrade · compatibility
estate
Property and grounds
- heirOne who receives legacy
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
bequest · trust · probate · executor · testament · heirloom · inherit · bequeath · endowment · patrimony
ancestry
Family line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- cultureCollective social practices
roots · history · genealogy · forebears · ancestors · bloodline · dynasty · clan · descent · pedigree
influence
Power to affect others
- footprintMark from stepping
- contributionSomething given to help
- markVisible impression or sign
imprint · effect · achievement · accomplishment · philanthropy · endowment · foundation · scholarship · benefaction · donation
continuation
Act of proceeding further
transition · next-generation · mantle · stewardship · custodianship · heir-apparent · successor · predecessor · dynasty · lineage
lasting
Continuing through time
- timelessUnaffected by eras
- enduringPersisting through time
- permanenceQuality of lasting indefinitely
continuity · immortality · abiding · everlasting · perpetual · indelible · unforgotten · remembered · commemorated · honored
codebase
Software project's complete source
- systemConnected parts forming whole
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
- deprecatedFormally advised against using
backward-compatible · outdated · migration · maintenance · obsolete · vintage · retrofit · upgrade · compatibility · archive
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- family bondslove, parent-child bond, trust, sibling bond, loyalty
- cultural heritagefolklore, traditions, customs, folk music revival, museum collections
- history termsempire, dynasty, colonialism, Renaissance, Enlightenment
- sports historyOlympic history, Olympic records, Olympics, Olympic Games, Olympic training
- ancestryancestors, kinship, ancestor, clan, ancestry
legacyinnovation
Creating something original
new · novelty · fresh start · clean slate · invention
legacyoblivion
Complete erasure from memory
erasure · forgottenness · obscurity · obliteration · leaving no trace
legacydisinheritance
Exclusion from inheritance
dispossession · forfeiture · confiscation · deprivation · expropriation
- legal separationFormal marital split, not dissolution
- legal ageStatutory adulthood threshold
- legal precedentsPrior rulings guiding courts
- legal padRuled yellow stationery sheets
- legal actionFormal court proceeding
- legal nameOfficial designation on records
legal, delegate, allegation, legatee, legacies, legate, legation, legacy systems, legacy hunter