descent
- noun (n)
Meaning: moving down lowering
Synonyms:
cave-in
coast
coming down
crash
declension
declination
decline
declivity
dip
downgrade
droop
drop
drop-off
fall
falling
grade
gradient
header
hill
inclination
incline
landslide
plummeting
plunge
plunging
precipitation
prolapse
sag
settlement
sinkage
sinking
slant
slide
slip
slope
swoop
tailspin
topple
tumble
- noun (n)
Meaning: line of ancestry
Synonyms:
blood
extraction
family
family tree
genealogy
heredity
lineage
origin
parentage
pedigree
relationship
- noun (n)
Meaning: deterioration
Synonyms:
abasement
anticlimax
cadence
comedown
debasement
decadence
decline
degradation
discomfiture
down
downcome
downfall
lapse
pathos
slump
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