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descension

/dɪˈsɛnʃən/

descension noun: descent; the act of descending.

Noun

descension (countable and uncountable, plural descensions)

  1. (archaic) Descent; the act of descending.
    • Death is followed by either ascension into a higher plane or descension into a lower plane.
    • From a God to a Bull? a heavy descension. It was Jove's case.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. (obsolete) The descent below the horizon of a celestial body.
    • For in regard of time (as we elsewhere declare) the stars do vary their longitudes, and consequently the times of their ascension and descension.1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, VI.3

descension meaning in Tamil

descension in Tamil

வீழ்ச்சி

Forms of descension

pluraldescensions

Origin of descension

From Middle English descencioun, from Old French descension, from Latin dēscēnsiō, dēscēnsiōnem.

Words formed from descension

Words that rhyme with descension

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Questions about descension

What does descension mean?
Descension means descent; the act of descending.
What is descension in Tamil?
Descension in Tamil is வீழ்ச்சி. See Descension meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is descension?
Descension is a noun.
How do you pronounce descension?
Descension is pronounced /dɪˈsɛnʃən/.
What is the plural of descension?
The plural of descension is descensions.

Words near descension in the dictionary

  1. descendostomy
  2. descends
  3. descends into the arena
  4. descends on
  5. descends upon
  6. descension
  7. descensional
  8. descensions
  9. descensive
  10. descensories
  11. descensory

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Adapted from Wiktionary: descension (page history and authors); descension (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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