|intransitive verb|
1.to tend toward an impaired state or a weaker condition
|noun|
1.the process of declining
2.the period during which the end of life is approaching
3.a process of becoming worse or weaker in condition At 80, Grampa is showing no signs of decline.
4.the time when something is nearing its end
the empire's decline
5.the process of declining:
a period of economic decline
a decline in the local bird population
6.a gradual physical or mental sinking and wasting away
experiencing a mental decline
7.a change to a lower state or level
the decline of the aristocracy
8.the period during which something is deteriorating or approaching its end
an empire in decline
9.a downward slope
built on a slight decline
10.a wasting disease
|verb|
1.to bend or slope downward
The road declines into the valley.
2.to pass toward a lower, worse, or weaker level
Her health declined.
3.to refuse to accept, do, or agree
decline an invitation
decline to leave
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|intransitive verb|
the empire's decline
