descent

de-scent · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The action of moving downward, dropping, or falling.

  2. 2.

    A person's origin or background in terms of family and nationality.

  3. 3.

    A downward slope or incline.

  4. 4.

    A decline or deterioration to a worse state.

Forms

plural: descents

Related words

Antonyms: ascent, climb, rise
See also: ancestry, descend, lineage
Synonyms: ancestry, decline, drop, fall, lineage

Etymology

From Old French descente, from descendre meaning "to descend," from Latin descendere.