French Meaning of decline

déclin

Other French words related to déclin

Definitions and Meaning of decline in English

Wordnet

decline (n)

change toward something smaller or lower

a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state

a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

a downward slope or bend

Wordnet

decline (v)

grow worse

refuse to accept

show unwillingness towards

grow smaller

go down

go down in value

inflect for number, gender, case, etc.

Webster

decline (v. i.)

To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen; as, the day declines; virtue declines; religion declines; business declines.

To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw; as, a line that declines from straightness; conduct that declines from sound morals.

To turn away; to shun; to refuse; -- the opposite of accept or consent; as, he declined, upon principle.

A falling off; a tendency to a worse state; diminution or decay; deterioration; also, the period when a thing is tending toward extinction or a less perfect state; as, the decline of life; the decline of strength; the decline of virtue and religion.

That period of a disorder or paroxysm when the symptoms begin to abate in violence; as, the decline of a fever.

A gradual sinking and wasting away of the physical faculties; any wasting disease, esp. pulmonary consumption; as, to die of a decline.

Webster

decline (v. t.)

To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.

To cause to decrease or diminish.

To put or turn aside; to turn off or away from; to refuse to undertake or comply with; reject; to shun; to avoid; as, to decline an offer; to decline a contest; he declined any participation with them.

To inflect, or rehearse in order the changes of grammatical form of; as, to decline a noun or an adjective.

To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.

FAQs About the word decline

déclin

change toward something smaller or lower, a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state, a gradual decrease; as of sto

refuser,rejeter,éviter,dénier,désapprouver,rejeter,différend,interdire,négatif,passer

accepter,adopter,approuver,recevoir,avaler,prendre,tolérer,accepter,adhérer,acquiescer

declinature => déclin, declinatory => déclinatoire, declinator => déclinateur, declination => déclinaison, declinate => décliner,