| Descent: English to English |
| Descent (n.) A passing from a higher to a lower tone. |
| Descent (n.) A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation. |
| Descent (n.) Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction. |
| Descent (n.) Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent. |
| Descent (n.) Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; -- often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy. |
| Descent (n.) Lowest place; extreme downward place. |
| Descent (n.) 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. |
| Descent (n.) That which is descended; descendants; issue. |
| Descent (n.) The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower. |
| Descent (n.) Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity. |