declines
Turns an offer
Declines covers refusal and downward movement.
To decline an invitation or offer is to say no politely: She declined to comment.
Declines also names downward trends—a decline in health, in profits, in influence.
The Roman Empire's decline took centuries.
As a verb, to decline is to diminish or deteriorate: His strength declined after the surgery.
Downward slope or lineage
- inclineAngled rising surface
- gradientRate of change across space
- hillLow natural elevation
- gradeClassification by rank
downslope · declivity · pitch · steepness · drop · bank · escarpment · downgrade
Prolonged economic decline
- downturnEconomic decline period
- slumpExtended period of decline
- contractionReduction in size
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
slowdown · correction · depression · deflation · trough · bust · downtrend · pullback
descent
Downward slope or lineage
grade · downslope · declivity · pitch · steepness · drop · bank · escarpment · downgrade · mountainside
recession
Prolonged economic decline
- downturnEconomic decline period
- slumpExtended period of decline
- contractionReduction in size
stagnation · slowdown · correction · depression · deflation · trough · bust · downtrend · pullback · erosion
diminish
To make smaller
fall · dip · reduce · lower · subside · taper · abate · slacken · ebb · plummet
reject
Dismiss as unsuitable
declinesaccepts
Consents to receive
agrees · consents · embraces · welcomes · acquiesces
- in declineGradually getting worse
- decline and fallGradual loss then collapse
- on the decline
- moral declineErosion of ethical standards
- gradual declineSlow downward trend
- mental decline