descent
noun
[ dɪˈsɛnt ]
• an act of moving downwards, dropping, or falling.
• "the plane had gone into a steep descent"
Similar:
going down,
coming down,
drop,
fall,
sinking,
subsiding,
dive,
pitch,
slump,
downward climb,
descending,
• the origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality.
• "the settlers were of Cornish descent"
Similar:
ancestry,
parentage,
ancestors,
family,
lineage,
line,
line of descent,
extraction,
origin,
derivation,
birth,
genealogy,
heredity,
succession,
stock,
pedigree,
blood,
bloodline,
strain,
roots,
origins,
forefathers,
antecedents,
filiation,
stirps,
• a sudden violent attack.
• "a descent on the Channel ports"
Similar:
attack,
assault,
raid,
onslaught,
charge,
thrust,
push,
drive,
incursion,
foray,
sortie,
sally,
storming,
assailing,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French descente, from descendre ‘to descend’ (see descend).
