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noun (n)

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

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

  source: wordnet30
• A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.(noun)

  source: webster1913