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.
thane or commonly thegn (Î¸eÉªn ) noun. 1. (in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of an aristocratic class, ranking below an ealdorman, whose status was hereditary and who held land from the king or from another nobleman in return for certain services. 2. (in medieval Scotland) a. a person of rank, often the chief of a clan, holding land from the king.