a movement downward
properties attributable to your ancestry; he comes from good origins
[ Syn: origin , extraction ]
the act of changing your location in a downward direction
the kinship relation between an individual and the individuals progenitors
[ Syn: line of descent , lineage , filiation ]
a downward slope or bend
[ Syn: declivity , fall , decline , declination , declension , downslope ]
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 ]