The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.

Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc.

Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity.

Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent.

That which is descended; descendants; issue.

A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.

Lowest place; extreme downward place.

A downward incline.

a movement downward

the act of changing your location in a downward direction

a downward slope or bend

Motion of an aircraft in which the path is inclined downward with respect to the horizontal.

Descent is the physical movement from the surface to depth. To descend at the beginning of your dive.

going downward, as in: His descent from the airplane was much slower after he pulled the cord on his parachute.

The passage of title to real property upon the death of the owner to his or her legal descendants.