declension[noun]Synonyms: deterioration, decadence, declination, decline, degeneracy, degeneration, dégringolade, devolution, downfall, downgrade
Contrasted words: ascension, ascent, rise, rising, advance, progress, progression, development, maturation
Related Words: regression,
regressiveness,
retrogression,
retrogressiveness,
dilapidation,
ruination [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
de‧clen‧sion /dɪˈklenʃ
ən/
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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