Words Like DECLINE
We have put together a list of words that are similar to DECLINE.
54 Alternative Words Similar to decline
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Detumescence
Noun Hyponym
9 examples of decline
1
the day declines; virtue declines; religion declines; business declines.
2
a line that declines from straightness; conduct that declines from sound morals.
3
he declined, upon principle
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to decline an offer; to decline a contest; he declined any participation with them.
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to decline a noun or an adjective
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the decline of life; the decline of strength; the decline of virtue and religion.
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the decline of a fever
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to die of a decline
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prices slumped
10 definitions of decline
1
To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.
2
To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen
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To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw
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To turn away; to shun; to refuse; -- the opposite of accept or consent.
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To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
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To cause to decrease or diminish.
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To put or turn aside; to turn off or away from; to refuse to undertake or comply with; reject; to shun; to avoid
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To inflect, or rehearse in order the changes of grammatical form of.
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To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.
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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