Ascent
Ascent noun - An upward slope.
Usage example: we'd reached the final ascent of the trail to the summit
Depression is an antonym for ascent.
Depression
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Depression and Ascent. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ascent/depression
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