Bequest

Noun

 * 1) The transfer of property upon the owner's death according to the will of the deceased.
 * 2) a person's inheritance; an amount of property given by will

Adjectives for Bequest
subsequent; munificent; acceptable; final; generous; scanty

Thesaurus
attested copy, bequeathal, birthright, borough-English, codicil, coheirship, coparcenary, devise, entail, gavelkind, heirloom, heirship, hereditament, heritable, heritage, heritance, incorporeal hereditament, inheritance, law of succession, legacy, line of succession, mode of succession, patrimony, postremogeniture, primogeniture, probate, reversion, succession, testament, ultimogeniture, will

Etymology
From bequeste:, from be-: + undefined:, from  *undefined:, from, from. Related to andcwiss:,  uncwisse:,  bequethen:. More at,.

Synonyms

 * legacy
 * gift
 * donation