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- واژهنامه · Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary 1 de·cline n. Pronunciation: di- ' klīn, dē- Function: verb Inflected Form:   de·clined ; de·clin·ing Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French decliner, from Latin declinare to turn aside, inflect, from de- + clinare to incline ― more at LEAN Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1 archaic : to turn from a straight course : STRAY 2 a : to slope downward : DESCEND b : to bend down : DROOP c : to stoop to what is unworthy 3 a of a celestial body : to sink toward setting b : to draw toward a close : WANE <the day declined > 4 : to tend toward an inferior state or weaker condition <his health declined > <morale declined > 5 : to withhold consent 6 : to become less in amount <prices declined > transitive verb 1 : to give in prescribed order the grammatical forms of (a noun, pronoun, or adjective) 2 obsolete a : AVERT b : AVOID 3 : to cause to bend or bow downward 4 a : to refuse to undertake, undergo, engage in, or comply with < decline battle> b : to refuse especially courteously < decline an invitation> –de·clin·able \- ' klī-nə-bəl\ adjective –de·clin·er \- ' klī-nər\ noun synonyms DECLINE , REFUSE , REJECT , REPUDIATE , SPURN mean to turn away by not accepting, receiving, or considering. DECLINE often implies courteous refusal especially of offers or invitations < declined his party's nomination>. REFUSE suggests more positiveness or ungraciousness and often implies the denial of something asked for < refused to lend them the money>. REJECT implies a peremptory refusal by sending away or discarding < rejected the manuscript as unpublishable>. REPUDIATE implies a casting off or disowning as untrue, unauthorized, or unworthy of acceptance <teenagers who repudiate …