Declines Synonyms and Antonyms

Grow smaller
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. worsens
  2. diminishes
  3. sinks
  4. retrogrades
  5. fades
  6. deteriorates
  7. wanes
  8. dwindles
  9. descends
  10. degenerates
  11. atrophies
A downward slope or bend
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. falls
  2. pitches
  3. declivities
  4. drops
  5. descents
  6. declensions
Antonyms:
  1. rises
  2. increases
  3. progresses
  4. ascents
  5. improvements
  6. advancements
A marked loss of strength or effectiveness
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. failures
  2. deteriorations
Descent to a lower level or condition
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. degeneracies
  2. atrophies
  3. deteriorations
  4. declensions
Change toward something smaller or lower
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. diminutions
To refuse politely:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. refuses

Declines Sentence Examples

  • During the following centuries Istakhr gradually declines, until, as a city, it ceased to exist.

  • It narrows to the north and the altitude declines in the same direction.

  • If the tax-payer declines to pay his due, he is brought before the proper authorities by the tahsildar; if he persists in his refusal, all his goods, except those indispensable for his dwelling and the pursuit of his trade, are sold by auction, without recourse to a judgment by tribunal.

  • The text will be faithful but unreadable, and his work will be that of an honest man but of a textual antiquarian, not a textual critic, since he declines the duty of "the restoration of the text, as far as possible, to its original form."

  • This theory gives birth to a sort of ethical by-product whose dominant note is Harmony, the subordination of the individual to the universal reason; moral failure is proportionate to the degree in which the individual declines to recognize his personal transience in relation to the eternal Unity.

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