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ASCENT

Definition:

[noun] an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
Synonyms: acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade
[noun] a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
Synonyms: rise, rising, ascension
[noun] the act of changing location in an upward direction
Synonyms: rise, ascension, ascending