Descent meaning

noun

1. a movement downward

2. properties attributable to your ancestry

   “he comes from good origins”

   Synonymsoriginextraction

3. the act of changing your location in a downward direction

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

   Synonymsline of descentlineagefiliation

5. a downward slope or bend

   Synonymsdeclivityfalldeclinedeclinationdeclensiondownslope
   Oppositesascent

6. the descendants of one individual

   “his entire lineage has been warriors”

   Synonymslineagelineline of descentbloodlineblood linebloodpedigreeancestry