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labent
CIDE DICTIONARY
labent, a. [L. labens, p. pr. of labi to slide, glide.].
Slipping; sliding; gliding. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
labent
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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