Antonyms for heritage
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : her-i-tij |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛr ɪ tɪdʒ |
Definition of heritage
Origin :- c.1200, "that which may be inherited," from Old French iritage, eritage, heritage, from heriter "inherit," from Late Latin hereditare, ultimately from Latin heres (genitive heredis) "heir" (see heredity).
- noun person's background, tradition
- In each generation, with toil and tears, we have had to earn our heritage again.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- The heritage was too compelling for a wolf that was only a cub.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- Partly, no doubt, it was a heritage of the sentiment of the French Revolution.
- Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
- The heritage belongs to you and my brother, who took care of my uncle up to the last.
- Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
- Such was the law of expansion; the earth was the heritage of the most numerous race.
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- For your eloquence and your arguments shall be my heritage from you.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- None told me I was of royal blood and had a throne for a heritage.
- Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
- Earth might be dying, he thought, but at least her destroyers would leave a heritage.
- Extract from : « It's All Yours » by Sam Merwin
- He is perfectly right in looking on all Russia as his heritage.
- Extract from : « Notes on My Books » by Joseph Conrad
- It is part of their heritage, perhaps, as a people in their youth.
- Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding
Synonyms for heritage
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