What is the meaning of abseil?

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noun

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.
- synonyms: rappel

verb

Lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: rappel, rope down

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