Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun abseil

1 sense of abseil

Sense 1
rappel, abseil -- ((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)
       => descent -- (the act of changing your location in a downward direction)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb abseil

1 sense of abseil

Sense 1
rappel, abseil, rope down -- (lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside; "The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous"; "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing")
       => descend, fall, go down, come down -- (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again")