Antonyms for ascension

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-sen-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : əˈsɛn ʃən

Definition of ascension

Origin : c.1300, "ascent of Christ into Heaven on the 40th day after the Resurrection," from Latin ascensionem (nominative ascensio) "a rising," noun of action from past participle stem of ascendere "to mount, ascend, go up" (see ascend). Astronomical sense is recorded late 14c.; meaning "action of ascending" is from 1590s. Related: Ascensional.

noun going up

Example sentences :

Just what this angle of ascension may be is difficult to determine.
Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell

It was Ascension Day, and the commons were a dream of beauty.
Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

She found him looking at Jacob's dream on the one side, the Ascension on the other.
Extract from : « Two Penniless Princesses » by Charlotte M. Yonge

To-morrow is Ascension Day and they will be needed in the church.
Extract from : « Sielanka: An Idyll » by Henryk Sienkiewicz

One noon, before Ascension Day, Stephan came home to his dinner.
Extract from : « Sielanka: An Idyll » by Henryk Sienkiewicz

Appearances of the risen Lord to mortals before the ascension, 699.
Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage

When there should have been an ascension there was a descension.
Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field

I know that was talked of when there was the hubbub on Ascension Sunday.
Extract from : « Romola » by George Eliot

But the destruction of His foes is not the only, nor the chief result of His Ascension.
Extract from : « The Kingdom of Heaven; What is it? » by Edward Burbidge

Nor did her devotedness to his cause, terminate with his ascension to heaven.
Extract from : « The Young Maiden » by A. B. (Artemas Bowers) Muzzey

Synonyms for ascension

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