descent

Definitions

1. 1noun

   The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.

2. 2noun

   Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; -- often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy.

3. 3noun

   Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc.

4. 4noun

   Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction.

5. 5noun

   Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity.

6. 6noun

   Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent.

7. 7noun

   That which is descended; descendants; issue.

8. 8noun

   A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.

9. 9noun

   Lowest place; extreme downward place.

10. 10noun

    A passing from a higher to a lower tone.

11. 11noun

    the act of changing your location in a downward direction

12. 12noun

    properties attributable to your ancestry

    "he comes from good origins"

    Synonyms

    extractionorigin
13. 13noun

    a movement downward

14. 14noun

    the descendants of one individual

    "his entire lineage has been warriors"

    Synonyms

    ancestrybloodbloodlinelinelineageoriginparentagepedigreestemmastock
15. 15noun

    a downward slope or bend

    Synonyms

    declensiondeclinationdeclinedeclivitydownslopefall
16. 16noun

    the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

    Synonyms

    filiationlineage