Antonyms for descent

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-sent

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsɛnt

Definition of descent

Origin : c.1300, from Old French descente "descent, descendance, lineage," formed from descendre (see descend) on analogy of French nouns such as attente from attendre "to expect," vente "sale" from vendre "to sell," pente "slope" from pendre "to hang" (the etymological English word from Latin would be *descence).
Figurative use is from late 14c. Meaning "action of descending," also "a downward slope" is from 1590s. Meaning "act of descending from an ancestor" is from mid-14c. Evolutionary sense is from 1859 in Darwin, though there are uses which suggest essentially the same thing going back to 1630s.

noun moving down; lowering
noun line of ancestry
noun deterioration
noun assault, attack

Example sentences :

To make up for his indiscretion, K. suggested a descent to the river.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Our journey must now be compared to the descent from cloud-land in a balloon.
Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

Traces of the French descent which the widow boasted of were apparent in Winnie too.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

His descent into the street was like the descent into a slimy aquarium from which the water had been run off.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

I continued the descent, and crossed the creek to where the unfortunate Tulp was waiting for me.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

Nor could I see any special value in the fact of descent, even were it unquestioned.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

What a descent from the summit of hope to the depths of despair!
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox

An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

But just in front of us there was a little open ground suitable for our descent.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

We know, now what you underwent when you suspected my descent, and when you knew it.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

Synonyms for descent

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