declines

• abasements
• abatements
• abates
• abjures
• alleviates
• angles
• atrophies
• avoids
• backs down
• backs off
• backtracks
• bans
• basins
• blows off
• bottoms
• breakdowns
• breaks down
• breakups
• burnouts
• bypasses
• cants
• checks
• cocks
• collapses
• comedowns
• compresses
• condenses
• constrains
• constricts
• contracts
• contradicts
• controverts
• corrupts
• crashes
• craters
• crumbles
• curbs
• curtailments
• cutbacks
• cuts
• dark ages
• de-escalates
• de-escalations
• debasements
• debilitates
• decadences
• decays
• decimations
• declensions
• declinations
• declivities
• decomposes
• decompositions
• decreases
• decrements
• deductions
• defeats
• deflates
• deflations
• degeneracies
• degenerates
• degenerations
• degradations
• degrades
• demises
• demolishments
• demolitions
• denies
• dents
• depletions
• depreciations
• depressions
• descends
• descents
• deselects
• desolations
• destructions
• deteriorates
• deteriorations
• detours
• devolutions
• devolves
• dilapidates
• diminishes
• diminishments
• diminutions
• dips
• disallows
• disappointments
• disapproves
• disavows
• disclaims
• disdains
• disgraces
• disintegrates
• disintegrations
• dismisses
• disowns
• disproves
• disputes
• dissolutions
• dives
• downfalls
• downgrades
• downhills
• downs
• downsizes
• downslides
• downtrends
• downturns
• droops
• drop-offs
• drops
• dwindles
• eases
• ebbs
• eclipses
• enjoins
• evaporates
• fails
• falloffs
• falls
• falls away
• flags
• flameouts
• forbears
• forbids
• foreswears
• forswears
• gainsays
• gives out
• goes to pot
• goes to seed
• hangings
• hangs
• havoc
• heels
• hinders
• holds
• hollows
• humiliations
• ignores
• impedes
• inclines
• keeps
• lags
• languishes
• leans
• lessens
• lets up
• lists
• losses
• lowers
• meltdowns
• moderates
• molders
• nadirs
• negates
• negatives
• nixes
• nose-dives
• obstructs
• overrules
• palls
• passes
• passes up
• phases down
• plummets
• plunges
• prohibits
• proscribes
• putrefies
• rebuffs
• rebuts
• recalls
• recants
• recedes
• reclines
• reduces
• reductions
• refuses
• refutes
• regresses
• rejects
• relaxes
• relents
• remits
• reneges
• renounces
• repels
• represses
• reprobates
• repudiates
• restrains
• restricts
• retracts
• retreats
• retrenchments
• retrogrades
• reversals
• revokes
• rots
• ruinations
• ruins
• runs down
• runs to seed
• sags
• scorns
• scouts
• setbacks
• shoots down
• shortenings
• shrinkages
• shrinks
• sinks
• skids
• slackens
• slants
• slips
• slopes
• slumps
• sours
• spoils
• spurns
• step downs
• step-downs
• stepdowns
• sticks
• subsides
• subtractions
• sunsets
• takes back
• tapers
• tapers off
• throws out
• throws over
• tilts
• tips
• tumbles
• turns down
• undermines
• undoings
• unsays
• vanishes
• vetoes
• wanes
• weakens
• wilts
• withdraws
• withholds
• worsens

• accedes
• accepts
• acclivities
• accords
• accretions
• accruals
• accumulates
• accumulations
• acquiesces
• addenda
• addendums
• additions
• adopts
• advancements
• advances
• affords
• aggrandizements
• agrees
• allows
• ameliorates
• appears
• approves
• arises
• ascends
• ascents
• assents
• augmentations
• authorizes
• balloons
• betters
• blows up
• boosts
• bourgeons
• builds
• burgeons
• chooses
• climbs
• commissions
• concedes
• condones
• consents
• continuations
• countenances
• developments
• develops
• distends
• elongates
• embraces
• emerges
• enhancements
• enhances
• enlargements
• enlarges
• enriches
• escalates
• espouses
• evens
• evolutions
• exaltations
• expands
• extensions
• flattens
• flowerings
• flowers
• fortifies
• furnishes
• gains
• gives
• glacis
• grades
• gradients
• grants
• grows
• growths
• handpicks
• headways
• heightens
• heydays
• hills
• improves
• inclinations
• inclines
• increases
• increments
• intensifies
• leans
• lengthens
• lets
• levels
• licences
• licenses
• lifts
• marches
• meliorates
• mounts
• mushrooms
• okays
• oks
• permits
• picks up
• pitches
• planes
• primes
• proceeds
• progresses
• provides
• raises
• rakes
• receives
• renewals
• restorations
• revitalizations
• rises
• sanctions
• selects
• shows up
• smoothes
• smooths
• snowballs
• soars
• spikes
• step ups
• step-ups
• straightens
• strengthens
• supplements
• supplies
• supports
• swallows
• swells
• takes
• tilts
• tolerates
• upgrades
• uphills
• uprises
• ups
• upsweeps
• upswings
• upticks
• uptrends
• upturns
• vouchsafes
• warrants
• waxes
• welcomes

• noun
  1. Downward movement, fall.
  2. A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.
  3. A weakening.
  4. A reduction or diminution of activity.
  5. The act of declining or refusing something.
• verb
  1. To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
  2. To become weaker or worse.
  3. To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
  4. To cause to decrease or diminish.
  5. To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.
  6. To refuse, forbear.
  7. (grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number and sometimes gender.
  8. (by extension) To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.
  9. To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play.

• The report shows how the economy declines during periods of political instability.
• She usually declines invitations that interfere with her family time.
• As the sun declines, the shadows grow longer across the field.
• He declines any assistance, preferring to solve problems on his own.
• The quality of service often declines when a company expands too quickly.

abatements

abates

backfires

eases

ebbs

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