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Meaning & Definition of Descent in English

English

Descent

/dɪsɛnt/

noun

1. A movement downward

synonym:
  • descent

2. Properties attributable to your ancestry

  • "He comes from good origins"
synonym:
  • origin,
  • descent,
  • extraction

3. The act of changing your location in a downward direction

synonym:
  • descent

4. The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

synonym:
  • descent,
  • line of descent,
  • lineage,
  • filiation

5. A downward slope or bend

synonym:
  • descent,
  • declivity,
  • fall,
  • decline,
  • declination,
  • declension,
  • downslope

6. The descendants of one individual

  • "His entire lineage has been warriors"
synonym:
  • lineage,
  • line,
  • line of descent,
  • descent,
  • bloodline,
  • blood line,
  • blood,
  • pedigree,
  • ancestry,
  • origin,
  • parentage,
  • stemma,
  • stock

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This word is of Latin descent.