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—Descent from the Cross: A biblical scene popularly depicted in art, of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus removing Christ from the cross after being crucified.
— The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex: Charles Darwin's book on evolutionary theory, first published in 1871.
—“The Descent”: A brief lyric poem by William Carlos Williams, first published in 1948.
— The Descent: A science-fiction novel by Jeff Long, published in 1999.
— The Descent: A British horror film, released in 2005 (with no relation to the novel of the same name)."}],"variantForms":[],"variantSpellings":[],"referenceData":[],"relatedForms":["pre·de·scent, noun","re·de·scent, noun"],"confusables":["decent, descent , dissent"]}]},{"source":"collins","entries":[{"id":"ac3cd0b4a.6bfb.1014.b87b.c2803370a23a.1","type":"normal","entry":"descent","entrySyllabified":null,"entryVariants":"","homograph":null,"pronunciation":{"audio":null,"spell":null,"ipa":"(dɪˈsɛnt)"},"predefinitionContent":"","posBlocks":[{"pos":"noun","posSupplementaryInfo":"","definitions":[{"order":1,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"","definition":"the act of descending","postdefinitionContent":""},{"order":2,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"","definition":"a downward slope or inclination","postdefinitionContent":""},{"order":3,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"","definition":"a passage, path, or way leading downwards","postdefinitionContent":""},{"order":4,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"","definition":"derivation from an ancestor or ancestral group; lineage","postdefinitionContent":""},{"order":5,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"","definition":"(in genealogy) a generation in a particular lineage","postdefinitionContent":""},{"order":6,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"","definition":"a decline or degeneration","postdefinitionContent":""},{"order":7,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"","definition":"a movement or passage in degree or state from higher to lower","postdefinitionContent":""},{"order":8,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"(often foll by on)","definition":"a sudden and overwhelming arrival or attack","postdefinitionContent":""},{"order":9,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"property law","definition":"(formerly) the transmission of real property to the heir on an intestacy","postdefinitionContent":""}]}],"origin":"","supplementaryNotes":[],"variantForms":[],"referenceData":[],"relatedForms":[],"derivedForms":[]}]}],"nearbyWordOrdinal":42404,"index-rank-01":["descent","descent"],"index-rank-02":[],"index-rank-03":[],"index-rank-04":["descent's","descents","descents'"],"index-rank-05":[],"index-rank-06":[],"index-rank-07":[],"index-rank-08":[],"index-rank-09":["predescent","redescent"],"index-rank-10":["predescent's","predescents","predescents'","redescent's","redescents","redescents'"],"index-rank-11":[],"index-rank-12":[],"index-rank-13":[],"index-rank-14":[],"index-rank-15":[],"tunaSlug":"descent","isFeaturedMetaSlug":false}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"descents'"},"requestId":"sVBWBxJwN2o-mmeu8QUFX","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchSpellSuggestions/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"luna":["descent","descend","decent","decenter","duecento","decentre","docent","descender","decency","dissent"],"tuna":["de scents","de-scents","de scends","de-scends","descent","de scent","de-scent","descend","decent","scents","de scants","de-scants","de cent","de-cent","deserts","dis sents","dis-sents","de scend","de-scend"],"lunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"descent","slug":"descent"},{"displayForm":"descend","slug":"descend"},{"displayForm":"decent","slug":"decent"},{"displayForm":"decenter","slug":"decenter"},{"displayForm":"duecento","slug":"duecento"},{"displayForm":"decentre","slug":"decentre"},{"displayForm":"docent","slug":"docent"},{"displayForm":"descender","slug":"descender"},{"displayForm":"decency","slug":"decency"},{"displayForm":"dissent","slug":"dissent"}],"tunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"de scents","slug":"de%20scents"},{"displayForm":"de-scents","slug":"de-scents"},{"displayForm":"de scends","slug":"de%20scends"},{"displayForm":"de-scends","slug":"de-scends"},{"displayForm":"descent","slug":"descent"},{"displayForm":"de scent","slug":"de%20scent"},{"displayForm":"de-scent","slug":"de-scent"},{"displayForm":"descend","slug":"descend"},{"displayForm":"decent","slug":"decent"},{"displayForm":"scents","slug":"scents"},{"displayForm":"de scants","slug":"de%20scants"},{"displayForm":"de-scants","slug":"de-scants"},{"displayForm":"de cent","slug":"de%20cent"},{"displayForm":"de-cent","slug":"de-cent"},{"displayForm":"deserts","slug":"deserts"},{"displayForm":"dis sents","slug":"dis%20sents"},{"displayForm":"dis-sents","slug":"dis-sents"},{"displayForm":"de scend","slug":"de%20scend"},{"displayForm":"de-scend","slug":"de-scend"}]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"descents'"},"requestId":"8n-qnnOb2hgIBP5LxTlIf","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}}]},"actionData":null,"errors":null}

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