descent (
http://definr.com/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 [syn:
declivity,
fall,
decline,
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,
stock]