descent (n.)

  1. a movement downward

  2. properties attributable to your ancestry; he comes from good origins

    [ Syn: origin , extraction ]

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

  4. the kinship relation between an individual and the individuals progenitors

    [ Syn: line of descent , lineage , filiation ]

  5. a downward slope or bend

    [ Syn: declivity , fall , decline , declination , declension , downslope ]

  6. the descendants of one individual; his entire lineage has been warriors

    [ Syn: lineage , line , line of descent , bloodline , blood line , blood , pedigree , ancestry , origin , parentage , stemma , stock ]

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