NOUN
  • Definition - Downward movement, fall.
  • Definition - A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.
  • Definition - A weakening.
  • Definition - A reduction or diminution of activity.
  • Definition - The act of declining or refusing something.
VERB
  • Definition - To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
  • Example - The dollar has declined rapidly since 2001.
  • Definition - To become weaker or worse.
  • Example - My health declined in winter.
  • Definition - To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
  • Example - My health declined in winter.
  • Definition - To cause to decrease or diminish.
  • Example - My health declined in winter.
  • Definition - To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.
  • Example - a line that declines from straightness
  • Definition - To refuse, forbear.
  • Example - On reflection I think I will decline your generous offer.
  • Definition - (grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number and sometimes gender.
  • Example - On reflection I think I will decline your generous offer.
  • Definition - (by extension) To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.
  • Example - On reflection I think I will decline your generous offer.
  • Definition - 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.
  • Example - The team chose to decline the fifteen-yard penalty because their receiver had caught the ball for a thirty-yard gain.
Words in your word
7 Letter Words
decline 10
6 Letter Words
ceiled 9 decile 9 edenic 9
5 Letter Words
deice 8 cline 7 niece 7 diene 6 edile 6 elide 6 lined 6
4 Letter Words
cede 7 cedi 7 dice 7 iced 7 ceil 6 cine 6 lice 6 nice 6 deil 5 dele 5 deli 5 dene 5 deni 5 diel 5 dine 5 eide 5 idle 5 lede 5 lend 5 lied 5 need 5 nide 5 lien 4 line 4
3 Letter Words
cee 5 cel 5 ice 5 dee 4 del 4 den 4 die 4 din 4 eld 4 end 4 led 4 lid 4 eel 3 lee 3 lei 3 lie 3 lin 3 nee 3 nil 3
2 Letter Words
de 3 ed 3 id 3 el 2 en 2 in 2 li 2 ne 2
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