descent
n 1: a movement downward
2: properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from
good origins" [syn: {origin}, {extraction}]
3: the act of changing your location in a downward direction
4: the kinship relation between an individual and the
individual's progenitors [syn: {line of descent}, {lineage},
{filiation}]
5: a downward slope [syn: {declivity}, {fall}, {decline}, {downslope}]
[ant: {ascent}]
6: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has
been warriors" [syn: {lineage}, {line}, {line of descent},
{bloodline}, {blood line}, {blood}, {pedigree}, {ancestry},
{origin}, {parentage}, {stock}]