descent in WordNet English dictionary

1. the descendants of one individual
   "his entire lineage has been warriors"
   lineage  line  line of descent  descent  bloodline  blood line  blood  pedigree  ancestry  origin  parentage  stemma  stock 
   
2. a downward slope or bend
   descent  declivity  fall  decline  declination  declension  downslope 
   
3. the act of changing your location in a downward direction
   descent 
   
4. properties attributable to your ancestry
   "he comes from good origins"
   origin  descent  extraction 
   
5. a movement downward
   descent 
   
6. the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
   descent  line of descent  lineage  filiation