Main entry: descent
Definition: the act of changing your location in a downward direction
Main entry: extraction, origin, descent
Definition: properties attributable to your ancestry
Usage: he comes from good origins
Main entry: descent
Definition: a movement downward
Main entry: pedigree, parentage, origin, blood, blood line, bloodline, ancestry, line, line of descent, lineage, descent, stemma, stock
Definition: the descendants of one individual
Usage: his entire lineage has been warriors
Main entry: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall
Definition: a downward slope or bend
Main entry: line of descent, lineage, descent, filiation
Definition: the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors