descent

1. n. The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower. Source: opted

2. n. Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; -- often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy. Source: opted

3. n. Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc. Source: opted

4. n. Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction. Source: opted

5. n. Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity. Source: opted

6. n. Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent. Source: opted

7. n. That which is descended; descendants; issue. Source: opted

8. n. A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation. Source: opted

9. n. Lowest place; extreme downward place. Source: opted

10. n. A passing from a higher to a lower tone. Source: opted

11. n. a movement downward Source: wordnet

12. n. properties attributable to your ancestry Source: wordnet

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