Synonym: descent, fail, fall, hill, refuse, reject, run down, sink, slant, slope, weaken. Antonym: accept. Similar words: declare, cling, clinic, clinical, inclination, line, line up, outline. Meaning: [dɪ'klaɪn] 
n. 1. change toward something smaller or lower 2. a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state 3. a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current 4. a downward slope or bend. v. 1. grow worse 2. refuse to accept 3. show unwillingness towards 4. grow smaller 5. go down 6. go down in value 7. inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives".
n. 1. change toward something smaller or lower 2. a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state 3. a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current 4. a downward slope or bend. v. 1. grow worse 2. refuse to accept 3. show unwillingness towards 4. grow smaller 5. go down 6. go down in value 7. inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives". 
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91, After years of neglect and decline the city was cleaning itself up.
92, The decline in marriage has been offset by a rise in cohabitation.
93, The rise of the novel was coincident with the decline of storytelling.
94, The country has been in a very poor economic state ever since the decline of its two major industries.
95, The company has gone into a decline because of falling demand.
96, Critics maintain that these reforms will lead to a decline in educational standards.
97, The leader's decline in popularity is causing disquiet among supporters.
98, There wasn't such a big decline in enrollments after all.
99, The decline in this industry has now been completely reversed.
100, Unemployment is not the issue - the real problem is the decline in public morality.
101, I would respectfully suggest a different explanation for the company's decline.
102, Government penny-pinching is blamed for the decline in food standards.
103, Libraries are an investment for the future and they should not be allowed to fall into decline.
104, There's a widely held belief that educational standards are in decline .
105, There's been a steady decline in smokestack industries such as shipbuilding and steel.
106, I must decline to show favor to any of the candidates.
107, We need to take corrective action to halt this country's decline.
108, There has been a decline in the number of people joining the priesthood.
109, The TV series will be axed owing to a decline in popularity.
110, The decline in the power of local authorities vis-a-vis central government is worrying.
111, In the 1960s it went into decline.
112, We can expect a further decline in job vacancies.
113, I have seen the gradual decline.
114, The reaction against Gothic continued despite its decline.
115, Southend's year has shown steady decline.
116, The decline in information content from principal component 1 to principal component 4 does not need any verbal description.
117, But the regents' decision still leaves much uncertainty on campus,[http://sentencedict.com/decline.html] which has seen enrollment decline significantly during the turmoil.
118, The courts ought, therefore, simply to decline jurisdiction in such matters.
119, Vladimir After the decline of Kiev, a new centre of power and influence was slowly established in the region of Moscow.
120, The incline bench press puts more emphasis on upper pec development and the decline bench press gives more low pec development.