- the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position.
- a downward inclination or slope.
- a passage or stairway leading down.
- derivation from an ancestor; lineage; extraction.
- any passing from higher to lower in degree or state; decline.
- a sudden raid or hostile attack.
- transmission of real property by intestate succession.
- the act of descending
- a downward slope or inclination
- a passage, path, or way leading downwards
- derivation from an ancestor or ancestral group; lineage
- (in genealogy) a generation in a particular lineage
- a decline or degeneration
- a movement or passage in degree or state from higher to lower
- a sudden and overwhelming arrival or attack
- (formerly) the transmission of real property to the heir on an intestacy
