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descent (n):
the act of changing your location in a downward direction

descent (n):
properties attributable to your ancestry
Samples
he comes from good origins

descent (n):
a movement downward

descent (n):
the descendants of one individual
Samples
his entire lineage has been warriors

descent (n):
a downward slope or bend

descent (n):
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1048-1131)

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