descent
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(noun) the act of changing your location in a downward direction |
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Related Words: collapse, crash dive, dive, drop, flop, jump, motion, move, movement, nose dive, parachuting, swoop |
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(noun) a movement downward |
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Related Words: change of location, drop, fall, falling, set, shower, sinking, slide, travel |
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(noun) a downward slope |
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Synonyms: decline, declivity, downslope, fall |
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Related Words: downhill, incline, side, slope, steep |
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Antonyms: ascent |
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(noun) the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors |
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Synonyms: filiation, line of descent, lineage |
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Related Words: bilateral descent, family relationship, kinship, relationship, unilateral descent |
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(noun) properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins" |
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Synonyms: extraction, origin |
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Related Words: ancestry, derivation, filiation, full blood, lineage |
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(noun) the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" |
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Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stock |
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Related Words: breed, family, family line, family tree, folk, genealogy, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, side |
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