decline

  1. Noun.  Downward movement, fall.
  2. Noun.  A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.
  3. Noun.  A weakening.
  4. Noun.  A reduction or diminution of activity.
  5. Verb.  (intransitive) To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
  6. Verb.  (intransitive) To become weaker or worse.
  7. Verb.  (transitive) To refuse, forbear.
  8. Verb.  (transitive, grammar) To list the inflected forms of a noun, pronoun (and in some languages adjective) for case and number.

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