Webster's English Dictionary

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ascent

as.cent \*-'sent\ n [irreg. fr. ascend] 1a: the act of rising or mounting 
   upward : CLIMB  1b: an upward slope or rising grade : ACCLIVITY  1c: 
   INCLINATION, GRADIENT  2: an advance in social status or reputation : 
   PROGRESS  3: a going back in time or upward in order of genealogical 
   succession