descent

Plural: descents

Noun

• The act of moving downwards; a decline or lineage.
• a movement downward
• properties attributable to your ancestry
• the act of changing your location in a downward direction
• the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
• a downward slope or bend
• the descendants of one individual
• An instance of descending; act of coming down.
• A way down.
• A sloping passage or incline.
• Lineage or hereditary derivation.
• A drop to a lower status or condition; decline.
• A falling upon or invasion.
• A particular extension of the idea of gluing.

Examples

• After that, the holiday went into a steep descent.
• Our guide was of Welsh descent.
• The descent into the cavern was wet and slippery.
• The DESCENT of her score was swift after her invalid word challenge failed.
• We climbed the mountain with difficulty, but the descent was easier.
• We had difficulty in finding the correct descent.

Synonyms

ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, declension, declination, decline, declivity, downslope, extraction, fall, filiation, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock

Antonyms

ascent

Related Words

descend