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Noun descendent has 1 sense

• descendent(n = noun.person) descendant - a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race; Array
has particulars: child, scion
is a kind of relation, relative
Derived form verb descend₂

Adjective descendent has 2 senses

• descendent(s = adj.all) descendant - going or coming down; Array
Derived form verb descend₁

• descendent(s = adj.all) descendant - proceeding by descent from an ancestor; "descendent gene"

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Descent

N descent, descension, declension, declination, fall, falling, slump, drop, plunge, plummet, cadence, subsidence, collapse, lapse, downfall, tumble, slip, tilt, trip, lurch, cropper, culbute, titubation, stumble, fate of Icarus, avalanche, debacle, landslip, landslide, declivity, dip, hill, rappel, descending, descendent, decurrent, decursive, labent, deciduous, nodding to its fall, downhill, downwards, the bottom fell out.

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