1. (

• descent

) a movement downward ;

2. (

• origin ,
• descent ,
• extraction

) properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins" ;

3. (

• descent

) the act of changing your location in a downward direction ;

4. (

• descent ,
• line_of_descent ,
• lineage ,
• filiation

) the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors ;

5. (

• descent ,
• declivity ,
• fall ,
• decline ,
• declination ,
• declension ,
• downslope

) a downward slope or bend ;

6. (

• lineage ,
• line ,
• line_of_descent ,
• descent ,
• bloodline ,
• blood_line ,
• blood ,
• pedigree ,
• ancestry ,
• origin ,
• parentage ,
• stemma ,
• stock ,

) the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" ;