Acclivity

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Acclivity \Ac*cliv"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Acclivities}. [L. acclivitas,
     fr. acclivis, acclivus, ascending; ad + clivus a hill, slope,
     fr. root kli to lean. See {Lean}.]
     A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill,
     considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or
     descending; an upward slope; ascent.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  acclivity
       n : an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't
           make it up the rise" [syn: {ascent}, {rise}, {raise}, {climb},
            {upgrade}] [ant: {descent}]