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.
descend. 1  to go or pass from a higher to a lower place; move or come down: to descend from the mountaintop. 2  to pass from higher to lower in any scale or series. 3  to go from generals to particulars, as in a discussion. 4  to slope, tend, or lead downward: The path descends to the pond.