Decline

What do we mean by decline?

To express polite refusal. intransitive verb

To slope downward; descend. intransitive verb

To bend downward; droop. intransitive verb

To degrade or lower oneself; stoop. intransitive verb

To deteriorate gradually; fail. intransitive verb

To sink, as the setting sun. intransitive verb

To draw to a gradual close. intransitive verb

To refuse politely: synonym: refuse. intransitive verb

To cause to slope or bend downward. intransitive verb

To inflect (a noun, a pronoun, or an adjective) for number and case. intransitive verb

The process or result of declining, especially. noun

A gradual deterioration, as in numbers, activity, or quality. noun

A downward movement or fall, as in price. noun

A deterioration of health. noun

A downward slope; a declivity. noun

In chess, to refuse to take a piece or pawn offered.

A bending or sloping downward; a slope; declivity; incline. noun

A descending; progress downward or toward a close. noun

Downward movement, fall.

A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.

A weakening.

A reduction or diminution of activity.

The act of declining or refusing something.

An exclamation used to express disapproval, disgust, and/or a refusal to a request. Commonly has emphasis on the first syllable. Urban Dictionary

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A British dude, that Maddie is really into. Like really creepy, she is so weird. Declin if you read this, run and hide. She has her ways. PS, Erin told her bout you. Blame her. No seriously though, she's insane, fucking hide. She's starin at a photo of you know, she's the one who liked all your photos. She's threatening to throw me in front of a car. Help me, I don't feel safe. Nvm you dealt with it. You told her you have a bird and to stop commenting. PS, you are a dick. Urban Dictionary

A recliner that is broken and permanently reclined. Urban Dictionary

The theory that states all phillipino girls become uglier after the age on 21. Urban Dictionary

Flash cartoon series featured on Newgrounds.com and FlashPlayer.com Starting life as a Devil May Cry parody, "Decline of Video Gaming" expanded into a largely popular series about all sorts of video games and developers. Urban Dictionary

Another word for gentrification, where they get enough people living somewhere to stab or shoot one another to move everybody out and buy (really take) the land cheap when it becomes a ghost town. Urban Dictionary

The stupid ideological lens that most millennials look through nowadays. Most often expressed in the form of pessimistic sentiments such as "XXXX was a horrible year, I hope next year will be better". Ironically they say that for every year regardless, as they'll always find something horrible that happened. The opposite of declinism is looking at the world through rose-tinted glasses. Both opposites are bad. The correct view is to fully embrace in the good aspects while still acknowledging the bad. Urban Dictionary

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A "DeclineR" is an obese, ginger kid who spends all his time playing Halo. You may find many of these on what is called "Xbox Live" but there is only one true "DeclineR" and his "Xbox Live Gamertag" is "DecllineR". "DeclineR" in other words, is the definition of Obese/Ginger. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to decline:
decline, recline, deline, decine, declive, declino.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word decline:
fortunes, counted, declining, extinction, popularity, habitat, enrollment, unemployment, decrease, attributed, closure, declined, empire, rise, ratings, collapse, rates, economy, attendance, percent, mining, industry, demand, ceased.

Words that rhyme with decline:
line, design, sign, pine, fein, fine, vine, benign, divine, align, wine, genuine, shine, mine, assign, outline, asinine, undermine, define, online, supine, opine, streamline, pipeline, brine, malign, combine, whine, baseline, nine, byzantine, resign, incline, bovine, spine, confine, refine, deadline, concubine, shrine, canine, lifeline, tine, moonshine, grapevine, consign, stein, devine, sine, endocrine, lupine, enshrine, outshine, frontline, sunshine, thine, dine, equine, alkaline, alpine, feline, sideline, chine, twine, aline, guideline, porcupine, swine, iodine, valentine, tagline, intertwine, byline, headline, serpentine, saccharine, storyline, stine, zine, cline, borderline, spline, crystalline, bottom line, airline, eglantine, turpentine, affine, dopamine, hotline, trine, quinine, punchline, underline, skyline, entwine, ballantine, palatine, rine, clementine.

Adjectives that are often used to describe decline:
rapid, economic, sharp, steady, gradual, general, relative, marked, significant, further, slow, cognitive, slight, progressive, dramatic, serious, steep, overall, substantial, subsequent, moral, precipitous, recent, term, physical, related, drastic, absolute, corresponding, severe, industrial, continued, sudden, apparent, inevitable, continuous, considerable, secular, actual, temporary, functional, intellectual, initial, consequent, average, cultural, urban, mental, eventual, noticeable, demographic, terminal, abrupt, net, catastrophic, modest, irreversible, observed, year, largest, permanent, sad, moderate, concomitant, consistent, swift, definite, exponential, notable.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective decline:
stage, set, curve, phase, curves, rate, rates, dipping, analysis, press, sets, sales, effect, empire, fall, representation, due, running, invitations, beginning, girl, symptoms, line, message, theory, results, boy, situp, figure, community, blow, the, verb, point, period, civilization, continues, presses.

Consonant match to decline:
deck line, dock line.

Words that sound like decline:
decline, declan, declined, declines, declaim, decliner, duckling, dylan, diction, dillon, dicken, dilan, declaw, delaine, dhillon, dickon, decane, d line, dekan, doline, dequeen, declo, recline, tagline, tag line, wickline, duction, decan, deccan, ducken, delon, duchene, dellen, dalene, delen, decken, deken, the climb, the clown, declare, deacon, declining, dolan, disclaim, dateline, decon, dallin, dicking, deakin, daikon, duquesne, dalen, doolin, dry clean, dakin, decl, darline, doolan, dallen, dolin, dalin, dallon, dokken, date line, dilling, dickman, declaimed, dryclean, dolen, declasse, dig in, dulin, dallan, dahlin, dahlen, docken, dragline, daken, dakine, dockland, dilemme, deking, dial in, dalan, dolon, decrown, deal in, daikin, disclame, daykin, decliners, dichten, dewclaw, dacon, declaimer, declaims, declawing, declive, delay line, dry-clean.