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Meaning of descent
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
descent
n 1: a movement downward
2: properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good
origins" [syn: {origin}, {descent}, {extraction}]
3: the act of changing your location in a downward direction
4: the kinship relation between an individual and the
individual's progenitors [syn: {descent}, {line of descent},
{lineage}, {filiation}]
5: a downward slope or bend [syn: {descent}, {declivity},
{fall}, {decline}, {declination}, {declension}, {downslope}]
[ant: {acclivity}, {ascent}, {climb}, {raise}, {rise},
{upgrade}]
6: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has
been warriors" [syn: {lineage}, {line}, {line of descent},
{descent}, {bloodline}, {blood line}, {blood}, {pedigree},
{ancestry}, {origin}, {parentage}, {stemma}, {stock}]
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