- descent - a movement downward
--1 is a kind of change of location, travel
--1 has particulars:drop, fall; lightening; set; shower, cascade; sinking; slide Derived form: verb descend1 - origin, descent, extraction - properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"
--2 is a kind of ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation
--2 has particulars: full blood - descent - the act of changing your location in a downward direction
--3 is a kind of motion, movement, move
--3 has particulars:abseil; jump, parachuting; dive, nose dive; swoop; crash dive; drop; flop, collapse - descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation - the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
--4 is a kind of kinship, family relationship, relationship
--4 has particulars: bilateral descent; unilateral descentDerived form: verb descend2 - descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope - a downward slope or bend
--5 is a kind of slope, incline, side
Antonyms: ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade
--5 has particulars: downhill; steep- lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
--6 is a kind of genealogy, family tree
--6 has particulars:family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry; breed; side Derived form: verb descend2 - descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation - the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors