rappel

English Thesaurus

1. (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body (noun.act)

hypernym	:	descent,
definition	:	the act of changing your location in a downward direction (noun.act)

domain category	:	mountain climbing, mountaineering,
definition	:	the activity of climbing a mountain (noun.act)

2. lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside (verb.motion)

hypernym	:	come down, descend, fall, go down,
definition	:	move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way (verb.motion)

entail	:	mountaineer,
definition	:	climb mountains for pleasure as a sport (verb.motion)

domain category	:	athletics, sport,
definition	:	an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition (noun.act)

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