Words Like DESCENT
We have put together a list of words that are similar to DESCENT.
48 Alternative Words Similar to descent
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Rappel
Noun Hyponym
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Abseil
Noun Hyponym
2 examples of descent
1
to make a descent upon the enemy
2
a steep descent
10 definitions of descent
1
The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.
2
Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; -- often followed by upon or on.
3
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
Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction.
5
Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity.
6
Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope.
7
That which is descended; descendants; issue.
8
A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.
9
Lowest place; extreme downward place.
10
A passing from a higher to a lower tone.