noun (n)

• (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter(noun.time)

  Synonym:
  ascension day, ascension of the lord
  

  source: wordnet30
• a movement upward(noun.event)

  Synonym:
  ascent, rise, rising
  Antonym:
  fall
  

  source: wordnet30
• (New Testament) the rising of the body of Jesus into heaven on the 40th day after his Resurrection(noun.event)

  Synonym:
  ascension of christ
  

  source: wordnet30
• (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon(noun.event)

  source: wordnet30
• the act of changing location in an upward direction(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  ascending, ascent, rise
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of ascending; a rising; ascent.(noun)

  source: webster1913