descent

• descent

descent

Noun

a movement downward

Synonyms:

• descent

Noun

properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"

Synonyms:

• origin
• descent
• extraction

Noun

the act of changing your location in a downward direction

Synonyms:

• descent

Noun

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

Synonyms:

• descent
• line of descent
• lineage
• filiation

Noun

a downward slope or bend

Synonyms:

• descent
• declivity
• fall
• decline
• declination
• declension
• downslope

Noun

the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"

Synonyms:

• lineage
• line
• line of descent
• descent
• bloodline
• blood line
• blood
• pedigree
• ancestry
• origin
• parentage
• stemma
• stock