Noun Definition

descent

1.Definition: a downward slope or bend

Related Noun(s):declension, declination, decline, declivity, downslope, fall

Category: Objects

2.Definition: a movement downward

Category: General

3.Definition: properties attributable to your ancestry

Related Noun(s):extraction, origin

Category: General

4.Definition: the act of changing your location in a downward direction

Category: General

5.Definition: the descendants of one individual

Related Noun(s):ancestry, blood, bloodline, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock

Category: General

6.Definition: the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

Related Noun(s):filiation, lineage

Category: General