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declivity

3 antonyms for declivity — opposites grouped by meaning.

Noun — A downward slope or incline.

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Dates from the 1610s, from French déclivité, from Latin declivitatem, dēclīvitās, from dēclivis ("a sloping downward"), from de ("down") and clīvus ("a slope"), tracing back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱleywo-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- ("to lean") (compare English lean).

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