decline
Definitions
noun
Downward movement, fall.
A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.
After taking a right from that turn a decline will come into view.
A deterioration of condition; a weakening or worsening.
He has experienced a sudden decline in his health.
Educational standards are on the decline.
A reduction or diminution of activity, prevalence or quantity.
Population decline is a major concern.
Town-centre retailers have seen a decline in footfall.
The act of declining or refusing something.
The issuing bank only checks the consumer's credit card number for authorization. […] Soft declines are those declines in which the bank requires further verification.
verb
To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
The dollar has declined rapidly since 2001.
To become weaker or worse.
My health declined in winter.
After her sother died, Connie began to decline noticeably.
To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
in melancholy site, with head declined
And now faire Phoebus gan decline in hast / His weary wagon to the Westerne vale.
To cause to decrease or diminish.
You have declin'd his means.
He knoweth his error, but will not seek to decline it.
To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.
a line that declines from straightness
conduct that declines from sound morals