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noun (n)

• an upward slope or grade (as in a road)(noun.object)

  Synonym:
  acclivity, climb, raise, rise, upgrade
  Antonym:
  declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall
  

  source: wordnet30
• a movement upward(noun.event)

  Synonym:
  ascension, rise, rising
  Antonym:
  fall
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of changing location in an upward direction(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  ascending, ascension, rise
  

  source: wordnet30