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decline
noun as in lessening
Strong matches
abatement, backsliding, comedown, cropper, decay, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, descent, devolution, diminution, dissolution, dive, downfall, downgrade, dwindling, ebb, ebbing, enfeeblement, failing, flop, lapse, pratfall, relapse, senility, skids, wane, waning, worsening
Weak matches
noun as in downward change in value, position
verb as in say no
Strong matches
abjure, abstain, avoid, balk, bypass, demur, desist, disapprove, forbear, forgo, gainsay, nix, refrain, renounce, reprobate, repudiate, shy, spurn
Weak matches
beg to be excused, don't buy, not accept, not hear of, not think of, pass on, send regrets, turn down, turn thumbs down
verb as in lessen, become less
Strongest matches
decrease, depreciate, deteriorate, diminish, drop, dwindle, fail, fall, lower, recede, return, sag, shrink, sink, slide, wane, weaken, worsen
Strong matches
abate, backslide, cheapen, decay, degenerate, disintegrate, droop, ebb, fade, flag, languish, lapse, pine, relapse, retrograde, revert, rot, settle, subside
Weak matches
disimprove, fall off, go downhill, go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, lose value
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Example Sentences
Police Superintendent Michael Harrison said the decline was a result of an effort to decrease gang violence.
The loss of this “expectation” game began his decline and ultimate withdrawal from the race.
When A Christmas Carol was published just in time for the Christmas of 1843, the holiday had been in a long decline in England.
Thanks to CompStat and strategies added by Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, crime continued to decline.
America, Stephens writes, is not necessarily in “decline” but rather “retreat.”
I am ready Madam,—for I have sufficiently experienced the folly of my presuming to decline it.
And I, for one, absolutely decline to believe in this preposterous story of his about a bull-dog.
He continued active till his 35th year, when he began to decline, and died of water in the chest.
They are made in kindness, and show interest, but if you decline seeing such callers, there is no offence given.
If your state of health deprives you of appetite, it is bad enough for you to decline the invitation to dine out.
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On this page you'll find 384 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to decline, such as: deterioration, downturn, drop, failure, fall, and recession.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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