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Decline

dɪˈklʌɪn

Decline definitions
verb
decline declined declines declining
  1. (typically of something regarded as good) become smaller, fewer, or less; decrease

    "the birth rate continued to decline"

    decrease reduce get smaller grow smaller lessen get less diminish wane dwindle contract shrink fall off taper off tail off peter out
    • diminish in strength or quality; deteriorate

      "her health began to decline"

  2. politely refuse (an invitation or offer)

    "Caroline declined the coffee"

    turn down reject brush aside refuse rebuff spurn disdain look down one's nose at repulse repudiate dismiss forgo deny oneself pass up refuse to take advantage of turn one's back on
  3. (especially of the sun) move downwards

    "the sun began to creep round to the west and to decline"

    go down sink decline descend drop subside
    • bend down; droop

      "the wearisome creatures of the world declining to their rest"

  4. (in the grammar of Latin, Greek, and certain other languages) state the forms of (a noun, pronoun, or adjective) corresponding to case, number, and gender
noun
decline declines
  1. a gradual and continuous loss of strength, numbers, quality, or value

    "a serious decline in bird numbers"

    reduction decrease downturn downswing lowering devaluation depreciation lessening diminishing diminution slackening waning dwindling fading ebb falling off abatement drop slump plunge tumble deterioration degeneration degradation shrinkage shrinking withering atrophy weakening enfeeblement fall failure death decay decaying waning declining on the decline decaying crumbling collapsing atrophying failing disappearing dying moribund past its prime obsolescent
    • the sun's gradual setting

      "this Evening from the Sun's decline arriv'd"

    • a disease in which the bodily strength gradually fails, especially tuberculosis

      "he died at his brother's of a deep decline"