descension
AmericanEtymology
Origin of descension
1350–1400; Middle English descensioun < Old French descension < Latin dēscēnsiōn- (stem of dēscēnsiō ), equivalent to dēscēns ( us ) (past participle of dēscendere to descend ) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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Now, after 1,016 yards allowed in just two weeks and fighting on the bench to offer evidence of descension, there’s reason to wonder whether those four straight wins represented real, structural progress.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2021
The irony is of course that I think David Brent’s dark descension and eventual redemption made him all the more compelling.
From Time ● Nov. 9, 2011
It marks a descension from the higher plane reached by the vigorous pioneers who planted and reared our social tree.
From With Edge Tools by H. C. (Hobart Chatfield) Chatfield-Taylor
And so, as the descension took place, so must the ascension, and man is climbing back on the ladder of evolvement rung by rung.
From Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz by Robert J. Evans
He will rise, therefore, every now and then, above the level to which he has professedly degraded himself; and make amends for that transgression, by a fresh effort of descension.
From Famous Reviews by R. Brimley Johnson
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