Definition of decline

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

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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..
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..
Declined :: Declined (imp. & p. p.) of Declin.
Renounce :: Renounce (v. i.) To decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of administration, to take out probate or letters..
Autumn :: Autumn (n.) The time of maturity or decline; latter portion; third stage.
Declination :: Declination (n.) The act of inflecting a word; declension. See Decline, v. t., 4..
Forbear :: Forbear (v. i.) To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To decline in power, glory, wealth, or importance; to become insignificant; to lose rank or position; to decline in weight, value, price etc.; to become less; as, the falls; stocks fell two points..
Declination :: Declination (n.) The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline.
Degenerate :: Degenerate (a.) Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state; having declined in worth; having lost in goodness; deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base; low..
Go :: Go (v. i.) To pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to perish; to decline; to decease; to die.
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..
Wane :: Wane (n.) Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.
Inflect :: Inflect (v. t.) To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations; to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a verb..
Retrogradation :: Retrogradation (n.) The state of being retrograde; decline.
Vail :: Vail (n.) Submission; decline; descent.
Decline :: Decline (v. t.) To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.
Declined :: Declined (a.) Declinate.
Decline :: Decline (v. t.) To cause to decrease or diminish.
Decliner :: Decliner (n.) He who declines or rejects.
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