Definition of 'descent'

Noun

1. a movement downward
2. properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"
      Synonyms: origin extraction
3. the act of changing your location in a downward direction
4. the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
      Synonyms: line of descent lineage filiation
5. a downward slope or bend
      Synonyms: declivity fall decline declination declension downslope
      Antonyms: ascent acclivity rise raise climb upgrade
6. the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
      Synonyms: lineage line line of descent bloodline blood line blood pedigree ancestry origin parentage stemma stock

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