All decline synonyms

verb decline

• lessen — to become less.
• refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
• dismiss — to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.
• deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
• reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
• lower — to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
• return — to go or come back, as to a former place, position, or state: to return from abroad; to return to public office; to return to work.
• wane — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
• dwindle — to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
• recede — to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
• drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
• sag — to sink or bend downward by weight or pressure, especially in the middle: The roof sags.
• worsen — Make or become worse.
• slide — to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow-covered hill.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• sink — to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
• fall — to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
• fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
• diminish — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
• deteriorate — If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way.
• shrink — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
• depreciate — If something such as a currency depreciates or if something depreciates it, it loses some of its original value.
• weaken — to make weak or weaker.
• go down — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
• forbear — to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
• spurn — to reject with disdain; scorn.
• balk — If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.
• renounce — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
• repudiate — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
• shy — bashful; retiring.
• avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
• abjure — If you abjure something such as a belief or way of life, you state publicly that you will give it up or that you reject it.
• forgo — to abstain or refrain from; do without.
• refrain — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
• disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
• nix — nothing.
• demur — If you demur, you say that you do not agree with something or will not do something that you have been asked to do.
• desist — If you desist from doing something, you stop doing it.
• abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
• bypass — If you bypass someone or something that you would normally have to get involved with, you ignore them, often because you want to achieve something more quickly.
• reprobate — a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person: a drunken reprobate.
• gainsay — to deny, dispute, or contradict.
• disintegrate — to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
• cheapen — If something cheapens a person or thing, it lowers their reputation or position.
• fade — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
• ebb — the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
• decay — When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
• revert — to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc.: They reverted to the ways of their forefathers.
• lapse — an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.