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"inheritance" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often legacy (6 letters).
Definitions
hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English enheritaunce, inheritaunce, borrowed from Anglo-Norman, Old French enheritaunce, from enheriter. By surface analysis, inherit + -ance.
Used in a sentence
“The Indo-European languages share various similarities as a result of their inheritance from a common ancestor.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Legacy”11 letters
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