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descent

noun
  1. the act of changing your location in a downward direction
  2. properties attributable to your ancestry
    extractionorigin
  3. a movement downward
    fall
  4. the descendants of one individual
    linestockbloodancestrylineageoriginpedigreebloodlinestemmaline of descentblood lineparentage
  5. a downward slope or bend
    fall
  6. the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
    lineagefiliationline of descent