decline

  • 31decline — Synonyms and related words: abate, abatement, abjure, ablate, abstain, abstain from, age, analyze, anility, arrear, arrearage, arrears, ascend, asking price, avoid, backslide, backsliding, balk, bank, bate, be eaten away, be found wanting, be… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 32decline — 1. verb 1) she declined all invitations Syn: turn down, reject, brush aside, refuse, rebuff, spurn, repulse, dismiss, pass up, say no; informal give something a miss 2) the number of traders has declined Syn …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 33decline — verb (declined, declining) –verb (t) /dəˈklaɪn / (say duh kluyn) 1. to withhold consent to do, enter upon, or accept; refuse: he declined to say more about it; she declined the offer with thanks. 2. to cause to slope or incline downward. 3.… …

  • 34decline — 1. noun /dəˈklɑɪn/ a) Downward movement, fall. It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms as divorced …

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  • 35decline — de·cline di klīn vi, de·clined; de·clin·ing to tend toward an impaired state or a weaker condition decline n 1) the process of declining esp a gradual physical or mental sinking and wasting away 2) the period during which the end of life is… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 36decline — [14] The notion underlying decline is of ‘bending away’. It comes via Old French decliner from Latin dēclināre ‘turn aside, go down’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē , ‘away, aside’ and clināre ‘bend’, which also produced English… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 37decline v — We do not conjugate, we decline Sorority motto …

    English expressions

  • 38decline — To refuse in polite terms, as to decline appointment to an office or nomination as a candidate for office …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 39decline — [14] The notion underlying decline is of ‘bending away’. It comes via Old French decliner from Latin dēclināre ‘turn aside, go down’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē , ‘away, aside’ and clināre ‘bend’, which also produced English… …

    Word origins

  • 40decline — v. & n. v. 1 intr. deteriorate; lose strength or vigour; decrease. 2 a tr. reply with formal courtesy that one will not accept (an invitation, honour, etc.). b tr. refuse, esp. formally and courteously (declined to be made use of; declined doing… …

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