redescent
Second drop downward
Redescent is a descent made again—a second or subsequent going down.
Climbers who summit a peak and return may later make a redescent of the same route.
The word appears in mountaineering and technical contexts where repeated descents matter: The redescent proved more treacherous than the first time down.
Go back again
- recurrenceReturn of something previous
- repetitionAct of redoing
- reoccurrenceInstance of happening again
- relapseReturn to former illness
regression · backslide · reversion · loop · cycle · orbit · spiral · rotation
Decrease or refuse
- fallDescend under gravity
- downturnEconomic decline period
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- regressionReturn to former state
backsliding · relapse · setback · reversal · slump · dip · plummet · tumble
Climbing in reverse direction
- rappelControlled rope descent
- abseilControlled rope descent
- loweringMoving something downward
- downhillToward the bottom
slope · declivity · drop · plunge · dip · fall · decline · downgrade
Family line of descent
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
- lineageDescent from progenitors
pedigree · extraction · derivation · heritage · succession · inheritance · progeny · forebears
return
Go back again
- recurrenceReturn of something previous
- repetitionAct of redoing
- reoccurrenceInstance of happening again
relapse · regression · backslide · reversion · loop · cycle · orbit · spiral · rotation · circuit
decline
Decrease or refuse
- fallDescend under gravity
- downturnEconomic decline period
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
regression · backsliding · relapse · setback · reversal · slump · dip · plummet · tumble · nosedive
downclimb
Climbing in reverse direction
downhill · slope · declivity · drop · plunge · dip · fall · decline · downgrade · pitch
ancestry
Family line of descent
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
lineage · pedigree · extraction · derivation · heritage · succession · inheritance · progeny · forebears · progenitor
descent, descend, descends, descended, descending, descendant, descendants, ascend, ascends