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Meaning of decline


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  decline
      n 1: change toward something smaller or lower [syn: {decline},
           {diminution}]
      2: a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual
         falling off from a better state [syn: {decline},
         {declination}] [ant: {improvement}, {melioration}]
      3: a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current [syn:
         {decay}, {decline}]
      4: a downward slope or bend [syn: {descent}, {declivity},
         {fall}, {decline}, {declination}, {declension}, {downslope}]
         [ant: {acclivity}, {ascent}, {climb}, {raise}, {rise},
         {upgrade}]
      v 1: grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened" [syn:
           {worsen}, {decline}] [ant: {ameliorate}, {better},
           {improve}, {meliorate}]
      2: refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" [syn:
         {refuse}, {reject}, {pass up}, {turn down}, {decline}] [ant:
         {accept}, {have}, {take}]
      3: show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on
         a hike" [syn: {refuse}, {decline}] [ant: {accept}, {consent},
         {go for}]
      4: grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned" [syn:
         {decline}, {go down}, {wane}]
      5: go down; "The roof declines here"
      6: go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices
         slumped" [syn: {decline}, {slump}, {correct}]
      7: inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages,
         speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives"


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