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

Declination :: Declination (n.) The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline.

Degeneration :: Degeneration (n.) The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration..

Rally :: Rally (v. i.) To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc..

Vail :: Vail (n.) Submission; decline; descent.

Nol-pros :: Nol-pros (v. t.) To discontinue by entering a nolle prosequi; to decline to prosecute.

Decline :: Decline (v. t.) To put or turn aside; to turn off or away from; to refuse to undertake or comply with; reject; to shun; to avoid; as, to decline an offer; to decline a contest; he declined any participation with them..

Welk :: Welk (v. i.) To wither; to fade; also, to decay; to decline; to wane..

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..

Declinate :: Declinate (a.) Bent downward or aside; (Bot.) bending downward in a curve; declined.

Maintain :: Maintain (v. t.) To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation..

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

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..

Refuse :: Refuse (v. t.) To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor..

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. 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..

Apophasis :: Apophasis (n.) A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius Caesar, iii. 2.].

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

Depress :: Depress (v. t.) To lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to cheapen; to depreciate.

Droop :: Droop (v. i.) To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline..

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