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descent
noun
    1. The act or process of coming or going down.
      Thesaurus: fall, plunge, degradation, debasement, deterioration, decadence; Antonym: improvement.
    2. A slope downwards.
      Thesaurus: dip, drop, incline, slope, slant, decline; Antonym: ascent.
    3. Family origins or ancestry; the fact of being descended from someone.
      Thesaurus: family tree, parentage, lineage, origin, genealogy, heredity, ancestry.
    4. A sudden invasion or attack.
Etymology: 14c: from French descente.



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