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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
Example Sentences
But he declined to set a target for reducing overall net migration, adding that aiming for "arbitrary" figures had "achieved absolutely nothing" in the past.
The organisation has declined to comment, but said: "The Congregation cannot comment on matters that are the subject of ongoing proceedings."
Despite early promise the following season, Everton plunged into decline again and Lampard was sacked after less than 12 months with them second from bottom of the Premier League.
The California Department of Conservation’s Geological Energy Management Division, the state oil and gas regulator, declined to comment on the litigation.
All of it in the service of greater appreciation that might lead to better stewardship of a planet in peril as climate change accelerates and biodiversity declines.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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