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1. (n.) declivity
a downward slope (
Etymology: (1605–15; < L dēclīvitās a slope, hill =dēclīvi(s) sloping downward (dē-de - + -clīvis, adj. der. of clīvus slope, hill) +-tās -ty2)
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1. (noun) descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope
a downward slope or bend
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1. (noun) declivity
deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the same slope, considered as descending, being a declivity, which, considered as ascending, is an acclivity
2. (noun) declivity
a descending surface; a sloping place
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