Definition of decline

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Decline (v. t.) To inflect, or rehearse in order the changes of grammatical form of; as, to decline a noun or an adjective..

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Renounce :: Renounce (v. i.) To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters..
Retrogradation :: Retrogradation (n.) The state of being retrograde; decline.
Refuse :: Refuse (v. t.) To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant..
Retrograde :: Retrograde (v. i.) Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence..
Decay :: Decay (v. i.) To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay..
Autumn :: Autumn (n.) The time of maturity or decline; latter portion; third stage.
Evening :: Evening (n.) The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sum..
Dwindle :: Dwindle (n.) The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy.
Decline :: Decline (v. t.) To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall..
Decline :: Decline (v. i.) A gradual sinking and wasting away of the physical faculties; any wasting disease, esp. pulmonary consumption; as, to die of a decline..
Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To turn away; to shun; to refuse; -- the opposite of accept or consent; as, he declined, upon principle..
Measles :: Measles (n.) A contagious febrile disorder commencing with catarrhal symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots, which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised above the surface, and after the fourth day of the eruption gradually decline; rubeola..
Declination :: Declination (n.) The act of inflecting a word; declension. See Decline, v. t., 4..
Revival :: Revival (n.) Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest..
Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw; as, a line that declines from straightness; conduct that declines from sound morals..
Declined :: Declined (imp. & p. p.) of Declin.
Decline :: Decline (v. t.) To cause to decrease or diminish.
Declination :: Declination (n.) The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline.
Ebb :: Ebb (n.) The state or time of passing away; a falling from a better to a worse state; low state or condition; decline; decay.
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
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