descent

noun

  1. 1

    the act of changing your location in a downward direction

  2. 2

    properties attributable to your ancestry

    he comes from good origins

  3. 3

    a movement downward

  4. 4

    the descendants of one individual

    his entire lineage has been warriors

  5. 5

    a downward slope or bend

  6. 6

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

Synonyms

Also useful for “descent”:Unscrambler