descent
     n 1: a movement downward
     2: properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from
        good origins" [syn: {origin}, {extraction}]
     3: the act of changing your location in a downward direction
     4: the kinship relation between an individual and the
        individual's progenitors [syn: {line of descent}, {lineage},
         {filiation}]
     5: a downward slope or bend [syn: {declivity}, {fall}, {decline},
         {declination}, {declension}, {downslope}] [ant: {ascent}]
     6: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has
        been warriors" [syn: {lineage}, {line}, {line of descent},
         {bloodline}, {blood line}, {blood}, {pedigree}, {ancestry},
         {origin}, {parentage}, {stemma}, {stock}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0