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
The inclination of the cylinder, which is variable, promotes the gradual descension of the ore from the higher to the lower end.
From Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students by Johnson, J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Frances)
A cicerone appeared, a languid young man in a rather shabby livery, and led me about with a mixture of the impatient and the desultory, of con- descension and humility.
From A Little Tour in France by James, Henry
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.
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