Ascent and Decline

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Ascent

Ascent noun - The act or an instance of rising or climbing up.
Usage example: our plane broke through some heavy low clouds during its ascent and leveled off once we were above them
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Decline is an antonym for ascent in topics: upward slope, upward movement.
Nearby Words: ascend, ascendant, ascending, ascension, ascender

Decline

Decline noun - A change to a lower state or level.
Usage example: the decline of the Roman Empire
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Ascent is an antonym for decline in topics: position, lessening.
Nearby Words: declined, declining, declination, declinable
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long long ascent long decline
constant constant ascent constant decline
great great ascent great decline
quiet quiet ascent quiet decline
Other adjectives: gradual, continued, political, final, further, eventual, rapid, vertical.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Guild Wars 2 Dwarves: Humans versus Charr, basically, exacerbated by humanity's great decline in power and the monumental ascent of the Charr.
    Source: Video Game / Guild Wars 2
  • They had that one 'Suteki da ne' moment in Macalania Woods where they met in the middle of the transition, but after that Tidus started his decline and Yuna her ascent.
    Source: Alternative Character Interpretation / Final Fantasy
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