descent

nouns

a movement downward
descent
is derived from
descend
is a type of (narrower)
a movement through space that changes the location of something
change of location, travel
properties attributable to your ancestry
"he comes from good origins"
descent, extraction, origin
the act of changing your location in a downward direction
descent
is a type of (narrower)
the act of changing location from one place to another
"police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
motion, move, movement
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
descent, filiation, line of descent, lineage
is derived from
descend
a downward slope or bend
declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall
antonym
ascent
the descendants of one individual
"his entire lineage has been warriors"
ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock
is derived from
descend