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declinedadjective bending downward or forwardwe awaited our punishment with declined heads bowed, bowing, declining, descendant(also descendent), descending, drooping, droopy, hanging, hung, inclining, nodding, pendulous, sagging, stooping, weeping floppy, limpdangling, falling, pendent(or pendant), suspendeddipping, sinking, slumping unbending, upright erect, inflexible, rigid, stiffelevated, raised, upraised declinedverbpast tense of declineto show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree tohe declined the invitation to the party she declined to participate in the soccer game balked (at), deselected, disapproved, negatived, nixed, passed, passed up, refused, rejected, reprobated, repudiated, spurned, threw out, threw over, turned down blew off, disdained, rebuffed, scorned, scouted, shot downoverruled, vetoedforbade(also forbad), prohibited, proscribeddismissed, ignoredabstained (from), forbore, refrained (from)denied, disavowed, disclaimed, disputed, gainsaidstuckabjured, forswore(also foreswore), recanted, renounced, retracted, took back, unsaid, withdrewavoided, bypassed, detouredcontradicted, denied, disowned, negatedcontroverted, disagreed (with), disproved, disputed, rebutted, refutedbacked down, backed off, backtrackeddisallowed, recalled, reneged, revoked turned one's back on accepted, agreed (to), approved condoned, countenanced, swallowed, toleratedadopted, embraced, received, took, welcomedacceded, acquiesced, agreed, assented, consentedchose, handpicked, selectedespoused, supported to be unwilling to grantdeclined our request to hold a party denied, disallowed, disapproved, negatived, nixed, refused, rejected, reprobated, withheld banned, enjoined, forbade(also forbad), prohibited, proscribed, vetoedrebuffed, repelled, spurnedchecked, constrained, curbed, held, kept, repressed, restrained, restrictedbalked (at), hindered, impeded, obstructed allowed, conceded, granted, let, OK'd(or okayed), permitted afforded, furnished, gave, provided, suppliedauthorized, commissioned, licensed(also licenced)acceded (to), acquiesced, agreed (to), assented (to), consented (to), warrantedaccorded, sanctioned, vouchsafed to go to a lower level especially abruptlynew-car sales declined to their lowest level in years crashed, cratered, descended, dipped, dived(or dove), dropped, fell, lowered, nose-dived, plummeted, plunged, sank(or sunk), skidded, tumbled abated, decreased, de-escalated, died (down), diminished, drooped, dwindled, ebbed, lessened, let up, moderated, subsided, tapered off, wanedreceded, retreated arose, ascended, lifted, mounted, rose, soared, spiked, upped accumulated, ballooned, built, burgeoned(also bourgeoned), enlarged, escalated, expanded, grew, increased, intensified, mushroomed, picked up, snowballed, swelled, waxed to become worse or of less valuehis reputation as a writer began to decline not long after his death atrophied, crumbled, decayed, degenerated, descended, deteriorated, devolved, ebbed, regressed, retrograded, rotted, sank(or sunk), worsened abated, de-escalated, diminished, downsized, dwindled, receded, wanedbroke down, corrupted, decomposed, degraded, dilapidated, disintegrated, moldered, putrefiedsoured, spoiled(or chiefly British spoilt)lessened, lowered, reduceddebilitated, undermineddrooped, failed, fell, flagged, lagged, languished, ran down, sagged, slipped, wasted (away), weakened, wilted went to pot, went to seed(or ran to seed) ameliorated, improved, meliorated bettered, upgradedenhanced, enriched, fortified, heightened, intensified, strengthenedadvanced, developed, marched, proceeded, progressed to grow less in scope or intensity especially graduallythe winds should decline as soon as the cold front passes abated, decreased, de-escalated, died (away or down or out), diminished, drained (away), dropped (off), dwindled, eased, ebbed, fell, fell away, lessened, let up, lowered, moderated, palled, phased down, ratcheted (down)also racheted (down), receded, relented, remitted, shrank(or shrunk), subsided, tapered, tapered off, waned compressed, condensed, constricted, contractedevaporated, faded (away), frittered (away), gave out, melted (away), petered (out), tailed (off), vanishedslackened, slowed (down)alleviated, relaxedflagged, sank(or sunk), weakenedcaved (in), collapsed, deflated accumulated, ballooned, built, burgeoned(also bourgeoned), enlarged, escalated, expanded, grew, increased, intensified, mounted, mushroomed, picked up, rose, snowballed, soared, swelled, waxed appeared, emerged, showed upblew up, distended, elongated, lengthened to lead or extend downwardthe bike path declines toward the riverbank and then follows the river for several miles descended, dipped, dropped, fell, plunged, sank(or sunk) angled, canted, cocked, heeled, inclined, leaned, listed, reclined, slanted, sloped, tilted, tipped arose, ascended, climbed, mounted, rose, uprose, upswept, upturned evened, flattened, leveled(or levelled), planed, smoothed, straightened |