ascent

Noun

• the act of changing location in an upward direction

• a movement upward
  • they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon
    

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  rise , ascension , ascending , rising , acclivity , raise , climb , upgrade
• Antonyms: 
  fall , descent , declivity , decline , declination , declension , downslope