Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

LINEAGE

Descent 

The most appropriate synonym of the word "lineage" is descent.

• Lineage means "the line of descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction."
• Descent means "the act or process of descending; the way in which something descends."

The other words do not have the same meaning as "lineage."

• Innocence means "the state of being free from sin or guilt."
• Endeavour means "a serious and sustained effort to do or achieve something."
• Compete means "to strive to gain or win something by defeating or outperforming others."