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Fall :: Fall (n.) Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness. Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy of the rebellious angels..

Declension :: Declension (n.) Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases..

Variation :: Variation (n.) Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation, derivation, etc..

Declension :: Declension (n.) The form of the inflection of a word declined by cases; as, the first or the second declension of nouns, adjectives, etc..

Declension :: Declension (n.) The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.

Declension :: Declension (n.) A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc..

Paradigm :: Paradigm (n.) An example of a conjugation or declension, showing a word in all its different forms of inflection..

Declensional :: Declensional (a.) Belonging to declension.

Defective :: Defective (a.) Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb..

Stronghand :: Strong (superl.) Applied to forms in Anglo-Saxon, etc., which retain the old declensional endings. In the Teutonic languages the vowel stems have held the original endings most firmly, and are called strong; the stems in -n are called weak other constant stems conform, or are irregular..

Declension :: Declension (n.) Rehearsing a word as declined.

Declinable :: Declinable (a.) Capable of being declined; admitting of declension or inflection; as, declinable parts of speech..

Flexion :: Flexion (n.) Syntactical change of form of words, as by declension or conjugation; inflection..

Theme :: Theme (n.) A noun or verb, not modified by inflections; also, that part of a noun or verb which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) in declension or conjugation; stem..

Wane :: Wane (n.) Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.

Declension :: Declension (n.) Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination..

Descension :: Descension (n.) The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation.

Decadency :: Decadency (n.) A falling away; decay; deterioration; declension. The old castle, where the family lived in their decadence..

Declination :: Declination (n.) The act of inflecting a word; declension. See Decline, v. t., 4..

Flection :: Flection (n.) The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection..

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