declivity
6 synonyms and 3 antonyms for declivity, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A downward slope or incline.
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Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.
Less common
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Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
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Etymology
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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