Definition of "decline"
- noun
Downward movement, fall.
A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.
A weakening.
A reduction or diminution of activity.
- verb
To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
To become weaker or worse.
To refuse, forbear.
To list the inflected forms of a noun, pronoun (and in some languages adjective) for case and number.
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