Clues for the word "DESCENT"

We've had 54 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 100 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Mini crossword on February 12, 2026.

Definition of descent

n. - The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.
n. - Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; -- often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy.
n. - Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc.
n. - Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction.
n. - Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity.
n. - Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent.
n. - That which is descended; descendants; issue.
n. - A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.
n. - Lowest place; extreme downward place.
n. - A passing from a higher to a lower tone.