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Declined

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Main Entry: decline
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: say no

Synonyms:

abjure, abstain, avoid, balk, beg to be excused, bypass, demur, deny, desist, disapprove, dismiss, don't buy, forbear, forgo, gainsay, nix, not accept, not hear of, not think of, pass on, refrain, refuse, reject, renounce, reprobate, repudiate, send regrets, shy, spurn, turn down, turn thumbs down
Notes: one declines (or accepts) something that is offered; one refuses (or agrees) to accept something offered

Antonyms:

accept, say yes
Main Entry: decline
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lessen, become less

Synonyms:

abate, backslide, cheapen, decay, decrease, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, diminish, disimprove, disintegrate, droop, drop, dwindle, ebb, fade, fail, fall, fall off, flag, go downhill, go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, languish, lapse, lose value, lower, pine, recede, relapse, retrograde, return, revert, rot, sag, settle, shrink, sink, slide, subside, wane, weaken, worsen

Antonyms:

improve, increase, rise
Main Entry: decline
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: descend

Synonyms:

dip, droop, drop, fall, go down, lower, sag, set, settle, sink, slant, slope

Antonyms:

ascend, go up, rise
Main Entry: abate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lessen, grow or cause to grow less

Synonyms:

allay, chill out, coast*, cool, cool it, decline, decrease, diminish, dull, dwindle, ebb, go with the flow, hang easy, hang loose, lay back, let go, let it all hang out, let up, mellow out, moderate, quell, recede, reduce, slacken, slow, subdue, subside, take it easy, taper, taper off, unlax, wane

Antonyms:

amplify, enhance, enlarge, extend, increase, intensify, magnify, prolong, revive, rise
Main Entry: abnegate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: renounce

Synonyms:

abstain, decline, forbear, forgo, give up, refrain, reject
Main Entry: abstain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hold back from doing

Synonyms:

abjure, abnegate, avoid, cease, constrain, curb, decline, deny oneself, do without, eschew, evade, fast, fence-sit, forbear, forgo, give the go by, give up, go on the wagon, keep from, pass, pass up, quit, refrain, refuse, renounce, shun, sit on one's hands, sit on the fence, sit out, spurn, starve, stop, take the cure, take the pledge, withhold

Antonyms:

indulge, use
Main Entry: age
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: become older

Synonyms:

decline, deteriorate, develop, get along, grow, grow feeble, grow old, grow up, mature, mellow, push, put mileage on, ripen, wane
Notes: epoch applies to the beginning of a new period marked by radical changes and new developments - while era applies to the entire period; age denotes a period identified with some dominant personality or characteristic and period pertains to any portion of time
Main Entry: cheapen
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: diminish worth

Synonyms:

abase, beat down, belittle, corrupt, damage, debase, decline, decry, degrade, demean, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, devalue, discredit, disparage, downgrade, drop, fall, lose value, lower, mar, mark down, minimize, reduce, render worthless, ruin, spoil, undervalue, write off

Antonyms:

appreciate, enhance, increase, raise, upgrade
Main Entry: come down
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: worsen

Synonyms:

decline, decrease, degenerate, descend, deteriorate, fail, fall, go downhill, reduce, suffer

Antonyms:

boost, improve
Main Entry: contract
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: condense

Synonyms:

abate, abbreviate, abridge, become smaller, clench, compress, confine, constrict, consume, curtail, decline, decrease, deflate, draw in, dwindle, ebb, edit, epitomize, evaporate, fall away, fall off, grow less, lessen, lose, narrow, omit, purse, recede, reduce, shrink, shrivel, subside, syncopate, take in, tighten, wane, waste, weaken, wither, wrinkle

Antonyms:

amplify, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen, spread, stretch
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