Usually means: Movement or action going downward.
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  1. descension: Merriam-Webster
  2. descension: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. descension: Wiktionary
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  7. descension: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Descension: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. descension: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. descension: FreeDictionary.org
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  12. Descension: Online Plain Text English Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (descension)

▸ noun:  (now rare) Descent; the act of descending.
▸ noun:  (astronomy, obsolete) The descent below the horizon of a celestial body.

Similar:
degression, descent, declension, descender, decl., drop, declination, setdown, downfalling, dehancement, more...

Opposite:
ascension, rise, elevation

Types:
eugenics, phrenology, racism, sexism, ableism, ageism, more...

Phrases:
oblique descension, right descension, more...

Adjectives:
anterior, gradual, oblique, sharper, heavy, right, abrupt



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Similar:
degression, descent, declension, descender, decl., drop, declination, setdown, downfalling, dehancement, more...

Opposite:
ascension, rise, elevation

Types:
eugenics, phrenology, racism, sexism, ableism, ageism, more...

Phrases:
oblique descension, right descension, more...

Adjectives:
anterior, gradual, oblique, sharper, heavy, right, abrupt



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