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Declivity \De*cliv"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Declivities}. [L. declivitas,
fr. declivis sloping, downhill; de clivus a slope, a hill;
akin to clinare to incline: cf. F. d['e]clivit['e]. See
{Decline}.]
1. Deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of
surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to
acclivity, or ascent; the same slope, considered as
descending, being a declivity, which, considered as
ascending, is an acclivity.
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2. A descending surface; a sloping place.
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Commodious declivities and channels for the passage
of the waters. --Derham.
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