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Noun descent has 6 senses

descent - a movement downward
--₁ is a kind of change of location, travel
--₁ has particulars:
drop, fall; lightening; set; shower, cascade; sinking; slide

Derived form: verb descend₁
origin, descent, extraction - properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"
--₂ is a kind of ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation
--₂ has particulars: full blood
descent - the act of changing your location in a downward direction
--₃ is a kind of motion, movement, move
--₃ has particulars:
abseil; jump, parachuting; dive, nose dive; swoop; crash dive; drop; flop, collapse
descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation - the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
--₄ is a kind of kinship, family relationship, relationship
--₄ has particulars: bilateral descent; unilateral descent
Derived form: verb descend₂
descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope - a downward slope or bend
--₅ is a kind of slope, incline, side
Antonyms: ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade
--₅ has particulars: downhill; steep
lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
--₆ is a kind of genealogy, family tree
--₆ has particulars:
family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry; breed; side

Derived form: verb descend₂