DESCENT

/dɪˈsɛnt/ ► audio Scrabble 10 Words With Friends 12

Definition

  1. noun a movement downward.
  2. noun properties attributable to your ancestry. — synonyms: origin, extraction
  3. noun the act of changing your location in a downward direction.
  4. noun the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors. — synonyms: line_of_descent, lineage, filiation
  5. noun a downward slope or bend. — synonyms: declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope
  6. noun the descendants of one individual. — synonyms: lineage, line, line_of_descent, bloodline, blood_line, blood, pedigree, ancestry

Examples

  • “We climbed the mountain with difficulty, but the descent was easier.”
  • “We had difficulty in finding the correct descent.”
  • “The descent into the cavern was wet and slippery.”

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