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   descent

   /dɪˈsɛnt/

   noun

   • 1. an act of moving downwards, dropping, or falling: "the plane had gone into a steep descent" Similar going downcoming downdropfallsinkingsubsidingdivepitchslumpdownward climbdescendingOpposite ascentclimbascentclimb
   • ▪ a downward slope: "a steep, badly eroded descent" Similar slopeinclinedipdropgradientdeclivitydeclinationslantdownslopehill
   • ▪ a moral, social, or psychological decline: "the ancient empire's slow descent into barbarism" Similar degenerationdegeneracydeteriorationdeclinesinkingslidefalldropregressionretrogressiondebasementdegradationcomedown
   • 2. the origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality: "the settlers were of Cornish descent" Similar ancestryparentageancestorsfamilylineagelineline of descentextractionoriginderivationbirthgenealogyhereditysuccessionstockpedigreebloodbloodlinestrainrootsoriginsforefathersantecedentsrare:filiationstirps
   • ▪ the transmission of qualities, property, or privileges by inheritance. Similar inheritancepassing down/onsuccession
   • 3. a sudden violent attack: "a descent on the Channel ports" Similar attackassaultraidonslaughtchargethrustpushdriveincursionforaysortiesallystormingassailing
   • ▪ an unexpected visit: "his descents on the manager of any shop he took a fancy to visit"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French descente, from descendre ‘to descend’ (see descend).

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   noun. These are words and phrases related to descent. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of descent. The spectators watched the descent of the balloon. Synonyms. fall. drop. coming down. Antonyms. ascent. rise. upward climb. There is a gradual descent from the house to the lake. Synonyms. slope. slant.

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   Synonyms for descent in Free Thesaurus. Antonyms for descent. 91 synonym for descent: fall, drop, plunge, coming down, swoop, slope, drop, dip, incline, slant, declination, declivity, decline, deterioration, degradation.

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   Where does the word descent come from?

   • Descent comes from the verb descend — to go down. In the original Latin meaning, descent was used spatially, in reference to physical action, like going downstairs into a creepy basement. Metaphorically, though, we also use it to describe origins, especially in ancestry, when we consider ourselves descendants of our forebears. "Descent."

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