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.
Full Definition of LINEAGE. 1. a: descent in a line from a common progenitor b: derivation. 2. : a group of individuals tracing descent from a common ancestor; especially: such a group of persons whose common ancestor is regarded as its founder.