Understanding the meaning of descent

descent

/dɪ'sɛnt/

noun
a downward slope or bend
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declension declination decline declivity downslope fall

Opposite:

ascent

type of:
side slope incline
noun
the descendants of one individual
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ancestry blood blood line bloodline line line of descent lineage origin parentage pedigree stemma stock

type of:
genealogy family tree
noun
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
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filiation line of descent lineage

type of:
relationship kinship family relationship
noun
properties attributable to your ancestry
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extraction origin

type of:
ancestry filiation lineage derivation
noun
a movement downward
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change of location travel
noun
the act of changing your location in a downward direction
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type of:
movement move motion

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