Definition of descent

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Definition of descent

  • a downward slope or bend (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. declension
    2. declination
    3. decline
    4. declivity
    5. downslope
    6. fall
  • the descendants of one individual (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. ancestry
    2. blood
    3. blood line
    4. bloodline
    5. line
    6. line of descent
    7. lineage
    8. origin
    9. parentage
    10. pedigree
    11. stemma
    12. stock
  • the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. filiation
    2. line of descent
    3. lineage
  • properties attributable to your ancestry (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. extraction
    2. origin
  • a movement downward (noun)
  • the act of changing your location in a downward direction (noun)

See definition of descent in Merriam Webster