declension
[noun]
Synonyms: deterioration, decadence, declination, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, dégringolade, devolution, downfall, downgrade

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Contrasted words: ascension, ascent, rise, rising, advance, progress, progression, development, maturation
Related Words: regression, regressiveness, retrogression, retrogressiveness, dilapidation, ruination

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de‧clen‧sion /dɪˈklenʃən/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: déclinaison, from Latin declinare 'to turn aside, inflect']

1. the set of various forms that a noun, pronoun, or adjective can have according to whether it is the subject, object etc of a sentence in a language such as Latin or German

2. a particular set of nouns etc that all have the same set of forms

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