Hyphenation of Descent

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Descent? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

De-scent

Definitions of Descent:

1.
A movement downward
2.
Properties attributable to your ancestry
He comes from good origins
3.
The act of changing your location in a downward direction
4.
The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
5.
A downward slope or bend
6.
The descendants of one individual
His entire lineage has been warriors

Synonyms of Descent:

nounchange of location, travel
noun origin, extraction, ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation
noun motion, movement, move
nounline of descent, lineage, filiation, kinship, family relationship, relationship
noun declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope, slope, incline, side
noun lineage, line, line of descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock, genealogy, family tree

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