Ascent and Devolution

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Ascent noun - The act or an instance of rising or climbing up.

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Devolution is an antonym for ascent.

Devolution noun - A change to a lower state or level.

Usage example: the gradual devolution of the neighborhood from a thriving community of close-knit families to a drug-ridden slum

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Ascent is an antonym for devolution in topics: disgrace, decay, lapse, lessening, backsliding.

Nearby Words: devolve, devolved

final	final ascent	final devolution
further	further ascent	further devolution

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Devolution and Ascent. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ascent/devolution

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