DECLINE
Definition:
- [noun] change toward something smaller or lower
Synonyms: diminution
- [noun] a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state
Synonyms: declination
- [noun] a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
Synonyms: decay
- [noun] a downward slope or bend
Synonyms: descent, declivity, fall, declination, declension, downslope
- [verb] grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"
Synonyms: worsen
- [verb] refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"
Synonyms: refuse, reject, pass up, turn down
- [verb] show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike"
Synonyms: refuse
- [verb] grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"
Synonyms: go down, wane
- [verb] go down; "The roof declines here"
- [verb] go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"
Synonyms: slump, correct
- [verb] inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives"
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Related Words:
- inflame
- sicken, come down
- devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate
- deprive, impoverish
- fail
- tumble
- slip, drop off, drop away, fall away
- suffer
- suffer, lose
- regress, retrograde, retrogress
- turn down
- dishonor, dishonour
- bounce
- reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down
- contract out
- regret
- repudiate
- disobey
- dip
- wear on
- drop
- dip, sink
- deterioration, decline in quality, declension, worsening
- ebb, ebbing, wane
- erosion
- loss
- sinking spell
- slippage
- neglect, disuse
- twilight
- wreck
- exponential decay, exponential return
- downhill
- steep
