descension

American  

[dih-sen-shuhn] / dɪˈsɛn ʃən /

noun

1. Astrology. the part of the zodiac in which the influence of a planet is weakest.

2. descent.

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Etymology

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

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

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 Evans, Robert J.

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 Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield)

Officially, the grade is an average of 4.2; practically, it is likened to a balloon descension by means of a parachute.

From The Night Operator by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)