Descent
[n] the act of changing your location in a downward direction
[n] properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"
[n] a movement downward
[n] the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
[n] a downward slope or bend
[n] the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
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Synonyms
ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, declension, declination, decline, declivity, downslope, extraction, fall, filiation, line, line of descent, line of descent, lineage, lineage, origin, origin, parentage, pedigree, stock
Related Terms
abasement, advance, affiliation, altitude peak, angular motion, apparentation, array, articulation, ascending, ascent, automatic control, axial motion, backflowing, backing, backset, backward motion, bank, birth, blast-off, blood, bloodline, branch, breed