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(noun) extraction, origin
properties attributable to your ancestry
he comes from good origins
(noun) pedigree, parentage, origin, blood, blood line, bloodline, ancestry, line, line of descent, lineage, stemma, stock
the descendants of one individual
his entire lineage has been warriors
(noun) declension, declination, decline, declivity, downslope, fall
a downward slope or bend
(noun) line of descent, lineage, filiation
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors