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decline::verb | Spocien Dictionary

decline

/dɪ,klaɪn/

grow worse

Type	Words
Synonyms	worsen
Type of	change state, turn
Has types	retrograde, devolve, turn down, deteriorate, drop, drop away, drop off, fail, deprive, degenerate, fall away, tumble, suffer, impoverish, inflame, come down, lose, slip, sicken, retrogress, regress
Derivation	declension, declination

decline::noun | Spocien Dictionary

decline

/dɪ,klaɪn/

a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state

Type	Words
Synonyms	declination
Type of	status, condition
Has types	disuse, wreck, neglect, twilight

decline::verb | Spocien Dictionary

decline

/dɪ,klaɪn/

go down in value

Type	Words
Synonyms	correct, slump
Type of	go down, fall, descend, come down

decline::verb | Spocien Dictionary

decline

/dɪ,klaɪn/

show unwillingness towards

Type	Words
Synonyms	refuse
Type of	react, respond
Has types	disobey, reject, disdain, repudiate, regret, scorn, pooh-pooh, spurn, contract out, freeze off, turn down

he declined to join the group on a hike.

decline::verb | Spocien Dictionary

decline

/dɪ,klaɪn/

refuse to accept

Type	Words
Synonyms	pass up, refuse, reject, turn down
Has types	bounce, dishonor, dishonour
Verb group	spurn, reject, pooh-pooh, scorn, freeze off, disdain, turn down
Derivation	declination

decline::noun | Spocien Dictionary

decline

/dɪ,klaɪn/

a downward slope or bend

Type	Words
Synonyms	declension, declination, declivity, descent, downslope, fall
Type of	side, incline, slope
Has types	downhill, steep

decline::noun | Spocien Dictionary

decline

/dɪ,klaɪn/

a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

Type	Words
Synonyms	decay
Type of	decrement, decrease
Has types	exponential decay, exponential return

decline::verb | Spocien Dictionary

decline

/dɪ,klaɪn/

grow smaller

Type	Words
Synonyms	go down, wane
Type of	diminish, decrease, fall, lessen
Has types	wear on, dip, drop

decline::noun | Spocien Dictionary

decline

/dɪ,klaɪn/

change toward something smaller or lower

Type	Words
Synonyms	diminution
Type of	decrement, decrease
Has types	loss, erosion, nosedive, ebbing, sinking spell, slippage, ebb, detumescence, deterioration, wane, worsening, decline in quality, declension

decline::verb | Spocien Dictionary

decline

/dɪ,klaɪn/

go down

Type	Words
Type of	drop
Has types	sink, dip
Derivation	declension, declination

The roof declines here.

decline::verb | Spocien Dictionary

decline

/dɪ,klaɪn/

inflect for number, gender, case, etc.

Type	Words
Type of	inflect
Derivation	declension

in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives.