Descent (Motion downwards)
Nouns
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descent, descension, declension, declination
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fall
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falling etc. v.
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slump
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drop, plunge, plummet, cadence
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subsidence, collapse, lapse
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downfall, tumble, slip, tilt, trip, lurch
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cropper, culbute
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titubation, stumble
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fate of Icarus. avalanche, debacle, landslip, landslide. declivity, dip, hill. [equipment for descending by rappeling] rappel.
Verbs
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descend
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go down, drop down, come down
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fall, gravitate, drop, slip, slide, rappel, settle
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plunge, plummet, crash
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decline, set, sink, droop, come down a peg
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slump. dismount, alight, light, get down
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swoop
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stoop etc. Depression
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fall prostrate, precipitate oneself
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let fall etc. Depression. tumble, trip, stumble, titubate, lurch, pitch, swag, topple, topple over, tumble over, topple down, tumble down
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tilt, sprawl, plump down, come down a cropper.
Adjectives
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descending etc. v.
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descendent
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decurrent, decursive
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labent, deciduous
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nodding to its fall.