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Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend..

Retrograde :: Retrograde (v. i.) Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence..

Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks in the west..

Affirmation :: Affirmation (n.) A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath..

Dwindle :: Dwindle (n.) The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy.

Refuse :: Refuse (v. t.) To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant..

Deny :: Deny (v. t.) To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce.

Decline :: Decline (v. i.) That period of a disorder or paroxysm when the symptoms begin to abate in violence; as, the decline of a fever..

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..

Decline :: Decline (v. t.) To cause to decrease or diminish.

Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen; as, the day declines; virtue declines; religion declines; business declines..

Decliner :: Decliner (n.) He who declines or rejects.

Sink :: Sink (v. t.) Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade; hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping; as, to sink one's reputation..

Decline :: Decline (v. i.) A falling off; a tendency to a worse state; diminution or decay; deterioration; also, the period when a thing is tending toward extinction or a less perfect state; as, the decline of life; the decline of strength; the decline of virtue and religion..

Go :: Go (v. i.) To pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to perish; to decline; to decease; to die.

Retrogradation :: Retrogradation (n.) The state of being retrograde; decline.

Renounce :: Renounce (v. t.) To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land or to a throne..

Decline :: Decline (v. t.) To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.

Decay :: Decay (n.) Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay..

Reject :: Reject (v. t.) To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.

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