WHAT IS A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT? Hostile work environment is created where the prohibited conduct is so severe or pervasive that a reasonable person in employeeâs circumstances would have considered the work environment to be hostile or abusive.
descent (plural descents) 1  An instance of descending. 2  A way down. 3  A sloping passage or incline.  Lineage or hereditary 1  derivation. A drop to a lower status or condition; decline. ( topology) A particular extension of the idea of gluing.
A great-grandmother with her descendant. The definition of descendant is moving down either physically or in a family line. An example of descendant used as an adjective is the phrase descendant escalator which means an escalator that goes down. Descendant is defined as an offspring of a particular person.