acclivity
an upward slope or grade (as in a road) - the car couldn't make it up the rise • Syn: ascent, rise, raise, climb, upgrade • Ant: descent (for: ascent) • Derivationally related forms: climb (for: climb), raise (for: raise), acclivitous, ascend (for: ascent) • Hypernyms: slope, incline, side • Hyponyms: uphill
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