partible

Able to divide

Partible means capable of being divided or separated into parts.

The word appears mainly in legal and anthropological contexts: partible inheritance divides an estate among multiple heirs rather than passing it whole to one.

A partible estate can be subdivided; an impartible one cannot.

divisible

divisible

Able to be separated

segmentable · fractional · bifurcate · halve · quarter · subdivide · slice · cleave · sunder · disjoin

apportionment

portion

Divided share given

apportionment · ration · distribution · division · fraction · percentage · quota · slice · segment · parcel

inheritance

heir

One who receives legacy

entail · heirloom · testament · probate · beneficiary · legacy · devise · intestate · succession · dower

Opposites
divisibility

partibleindivisible

Unable to be divided

inseparable · undividable · whole · unitary · monolithic

inheritance/legal division

partibleindivisible

Unable to be divided

entailed · inalienable · unitary · intact

Family

part, partner, apart, depart, partial, department, departure, departed, partition

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