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.
descent noun (A WAY DOWN). âº [C] a way down, such as a âpath, or an âact of coming down: A âsteep descent from the âpeak âbrings you to a âmeadow. The âplane is making âits âfinal descent into the âairport. (Definition of descent from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press).