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ascent
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of ASCENT
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the act or an instance of rising or climbing up <our plane broke through some heavy low clouds during its ascent and leveled off once we were above them>
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a raising or a state of being raised to a higher rank or position <his long, gradual ascent into the ranks of management>
Near Antonyms deposition, dethronement, discharge, dismissal, expulsion, impeachment, ouster, overthrow, removal, suspension, unmaking, unseating; downfall, fall
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