decline /di-klīnˈ/

1. To fail or decay, eg in health or fortune
2. To stoop or condescend
3. To draw to an end
4. To bend or turn away
5. To deviate
6. To refuse
7. To bend or slope down

1. To give the various cases of (grammar)
2. To bend down
3. To turn away from
4. To refuse
5. To avoid

1. A falling-off
2. Deviation
3. Decay
4. A period of gradual deterioration
5. A gradual sinking of the bodily faculties, consumption (archaic)
6. A downward slope

declīnˈable adjective (grammar)

Having different inflections according to the case

declīˈnal adjective

Bending downwards

declinant /dekˈlin-ənt/ adjective (heraldry)

Having the tail hanging down

decˈlinate adjective (botany)

Curving downwards

declināˈtion noun

1. Act of declining (US)
2. A sloping or bending downwards
3. Deviation
4. The angular distance of a heavenly body from the celestial equator (astronomy)

decˈlinātor noun

An instrument determining declination

declīnˈatory adjective

Containing a declination or refusal

declīnˈature noun

1. Act of declining or refusing
2. A plea declining the jurisdiction of a judge (law)

declinomˈeter noun

An instrument for measuring declination in various senses, esp the declination of the compass or magnetic declination (ie the deviation of the magnetic needle from the true north), or the declination or dip of a compass needle (see dip of the needle under dip)

• agaçante
• AGC
• -age
• age
• age-bracket
• age-brackets
• aged
• agedness
• agednesses
• agee
• age group
• age groups
• age hardening
• ageing
• ageings
• ageism
• ageisms
• ageist
• ageists
• agelast
• agelastic
• agelasts
• ageless
• agelessness
• age limit