Definition of declining

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Declining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Declin.

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Evening :: Evening (n.) The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as of strength or glory..
Aslope :: Aslope (adv. & a.) Slopingly; aslant; declining from an upright direction; sloping.
Purpure :: Purpure (n.) Purple, -- represented in engraving by diagonal lines declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon (or from sinister chief to dexter base)..
Nonconforming :: Nonconforming (a.) Not conforming; declining conformity; especially, not conforming to the established church of a country..
Declension :: Declension (n.) Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination..
Declinal :: Declinal (a.) Declining; sloping.
Retrogressive :: Retrogressive (a.) Passing from a higher to a lower condition; declining from a more perfect state of organization; regressive.
Declension :: Declension (n.) The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.
Decline :: Decline (v. t.) To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.
Cadence :: Cadence (n.) The act or state of declining or sinking.
Declination :: Declination (n.) The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline.
Declining :: Declining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Declin.
Prop :: Prop (v. t.) To support, or prevent from falling, by placing something under or against; as, to prop up a fence or an old building; (Fig.) to sustain; to maintain; as, to prop a declining state..
Declination :: Declination (n.) The act or state of declining or refusing; withdrawal; refusal; averseness.
Retrogressive :: Retrogressive (a.) Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state.
Declinature :: Declinature (n.) The act of declining or refusing; as, the declinature of an office..
Enclitics :: Enclitics (n.) The art of declining and conjugating words.
Retrograde :: Retrograde (a.) Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc..
Pietist :: Pietist (n.) One of a class of religious reformers in Germany in the 17th century who sought to revive declining piety in the Protestant churches; -- often applied as a term of reproach to those who make a display of religious feeling. Also used adjectively.
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