descent - Meaning in Kannada

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descent - Meaning in Kannada

descent Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of descent in English

descent noun

1. the act of changing your location in a downward direction

   ಅವತರಣ, ಅವರೋಹ, ಅವರೋಹಣ, ಇಳಿತ, ಇಳಿಯುವಿಕೆ

2. properties attributable to your ancestry

   Synonyms

   extraction, origin

   ಕುಲ, ...Subscribe

   Example

   • "he comes from good origins"
3. a movement downward

4. the descendants of one individual

   Synonyms

   ancestry, blood line, blood, blood, bloodline, line of descent, line, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock, stock

   Example

   • "his entire lineage has been warriors"
5. a downward slope or bend

   Synonyms

   declension, declination, decline, declivity, downslope, fall, fall

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

   Synonyms

   filiation, line of descent, lineage

Synonyms of descent

• extraction, origin
• ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock
• declension, declination, decline, declivity, downslope, fall
• filiation, line of descent, lineage

Antonyms of descent

acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade

More matches for descent

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