Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Acclivity \Ac*cliv"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Acclivities}. [L. acclivitas,
   fr. acclivis, acclivus, ascending; ad + clivus a hill, slope,
   fr. root kli to lean. See {Lean}.]
   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.

Source : WordNet®

acclivity
     n : an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't
         make it up the rise" [syn: {ascent}, {rise}, {raise}, {climb},
          {upgrade}] [ant: {descent}]