DESCENT
Scrabble letter values: D2E1S1C3E1N1T1 = 10
Definition
- noun a movement downward.
- noun properties attributable to your ancestry. — synonyms: origin, extraction
- noun the act of changing your location in a downward direction.
- noun the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors. — synonyms: line_of_descent, lineage, filiation
- noun a downward slope or bend. — synonyms: declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope
- noun the descendants of one individual. — synonyms: lineage, line, line_of_descent, bloodline, blood_line, blood, pedigree, ancestry
Examples
- “he comes from good origins”
- “his entire lineage has been warriors”
- “We climbed the mountain with difficulty, but the descent was easier.”