Acclivity

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1. Noun

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.

2. Noun

an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
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