DESCENT
[noun]
1. the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
2. a downward inclination or slope. Synonyms: decline, grade, declivity; slant.
3. a passage or stairway leading down.
4. derivation from an ancestor; lineage; extraction. Synonyms: ancestry, parentage, origin.
5. any passing from higher to lower in degree or state; decline. Synonyms: decrease, drop, plunge, decline, lessening, contraction, downturn.
Etymology: Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French descente, derivative of descendre - to descend, modeled on such pairs as vente, vendre.
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![DESCENT
[noun]
1. the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
2. a downward inclination or slope. Synonyms: decline, grade, declivity; slant.
3. a passage or stairway leading down.
4. derivation from an ancestor; lineage; extraction. Synonyms: ancestry, parentage, origin.
5. any passing from higher to lower in degree or state; decline. Synonyms: decrease, drop, plunge, decline, lessening, contraction, downturn.
Etymology: Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French descente, derivative of descendre - to descend, modeled on such pairs as vente, vendre.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/6ebcb8b2452bac0c9fdf6e5fa345c2f9/tumblr_mgrmn52Cfz1r47bczo1_500.jpg)