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Descent

//dəˈsɛnt// noun

Noun

1
An instance of descending; act of coming down. countable, uncountable
"We climbed the mountain with difficulty, but the descent was easier."
2
the act of changing your location in a downward direction wordnet
3
A way down. countable, uncountable
"We had difficulty in finding the correct descent."
4
properties attributable to your ancestry wordnet
5
A sloping passage or incline. countable, uncountable
"The descent into the cavern was wet and slippery."

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6
a movement downward wordnet
7
Lineage or hereditary derivation. countable, uncountable
"Our guide was of Welsh descent."
8
the hereditary derivation of an individual wordnet
9
A drop to a lower status or condition; decline. countable, uncountable
"After that, the holiday went into a steep descent."
10
a downward slope or bend wordnet
11
A falling upon or invasion. countable, uncountable
12
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors wordnet
13
A particular extension of the idea of gluing. countable, uncountable

From Middle English and Anglo-Norman descente, from Anglo-Norman descendre (“to descend”); see descend. Compare ascent, ascend. Doublet of desant.

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