ALL meanings of declined
de·cline
D d - verb with object declined to withhold or deny consent to do, enter into or upon, etc.; refuse: He declined to say more about it. 1
- verb with object declined to express inability or reluctance to accept; refuse with courtesy: to decline an invitation; to decline an offer. 1
- verb with object declined to cause to slope or incline downward. 1
- verb with object declined Grammar. to inflect (a noun, pronoun, or adjective), as Latin puella, declined puella, puellae, puellae, puellam, puella in the five cases of the singular. to recite or display all or some subset of the inflected forms of a noun, pronoun, or adjective in a fixed order. 1
- verb without object declined to express courteous refusal; refuse: We sent him an invitation but he declined. 1
- verb without object declined to bend or slant down; slope downward; descend: The hill declines to the lake. 1
- verb without object declined (of pathways, routes, objects, etc.) to follow a downward course or path: The sun declined in the skies. 1
- verb without object declined to draw toward the close, as the day. 1
- verb without object declined to fail in strength, vigor, character, value, etc.; deteriorate. 1
- verb without object declined to fail or dwindle; sink or fade away: to decline in popularity. 1
- verb without object declined to descend, as to an unworthy level; stoop. 1
- verb without object declined Grammar. to be characterized by declension. 1
- noun declined a downward slope; declivity. 1
- noun declined a downward movement, as of prices or population; diminution: a decline in the stock market. 1
- noun declined a failing or gradual loss, as in strength, character, power, or value; deterioration: the decline of the Roman Empire. 1
- noun declined a gradual deterioration of the physical powers, as in later life or in disease: After his seventieth birthday he went into a decline. 1
- noun declined progress downward or toward the close, as of the sun or the day. 1
- noun declined the later years or last part: He became an editor in the decline of his life. 1
- noun declined Simple past tense and past participle of decline. 1