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1. Meaning 1 · noun

   Downward movement, fall.

2. Meaning 2 · noun

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

3. Meaning 3 · noun

   A weakening.

4. Meaning 4 · noun

   A reduction or diminution of activity.

5. Meaning 5 · noun

   The act of declining or refusing something.

6. Meaning 6 · verb

   To move downwards, to fall, to drop.

   “The dollar has declined rapidly since 2001.”

7. Meaning 7 · verb

   To become weaker or worse.

   “My health declined in winter.”

8. Meaning 8 · verb

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

9. Meaning 9 · verb

   To cause to decrease or diminish.

10. Meaning 10 · verb

    To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.

    “a line that declines from straightness”

11. Meaning 11 · verb

    To refuse, forbear.

    “On reflection I think I will decline your generous offer.”

12. Meaning 12 · verb

    (grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number and sometimes gender.

13. Meaning 13 · verb

    (by extension) To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.

14. Meaning 14 · verb

    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 team chose to decline the fifteen-yard penalty because their receiver had caught the ball for a thirty-yard gain.”

How this word is used

• Everyday “The dollar has declined rapidly since 2001.”
• General “My health declined in winter.”
• General “a line that declines from straightness”
• General “On reflection I think I will decline your generous offer.”
• General “The team chose to decline the fifteen-yard penalty because their receiver had caught the ball for a thirty-yard gain.”

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