decline
I
noun
abatement, act of crumbling, act of dwindling, act of falling away, act of lessening, act of losing ground, act of shrinking, act of slipping back, act of wasting away, act of weakening, act of worsening, atrophy, backward step, cheapening, collapse, consumption, contraction, corrosion, corruption, decadency, decay, decrease, decrement, decrepitude, decurrence, deflation, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, deminutio, depreciation, descension, descent, deterioration, devaluation, dilapidation, diminishing, dissolution, downfall, downgrade, downhill, downtrend, downturn, downward inclination, downward incline, downward trend, drop, ebb, enfeeblement, erosion, failing, fall, falling away, falling-off, gradual crumbling, gradual impairment, lessening, loss, loss of value, lowering, marcescence, pejoration, period of decrease, plunge, recession, regress, regression, relapse, retreat, retroaction, retrocession, retrogradation, retrogression, reversion, ruin, setback, shrinkage, sinkage, sinking, slump, subsidence, wane
associated concepts: spoilage, waste
II
(fall) verb
come down, decay, degenerate, deteriorate, drop, drop in strength, ebb, fall, lapse, stoop, trend downward, wane, wither
associated concepts: decline in price
III
(reject) verb
abnegate, abstain, eschew, excuse oneself, hold back, rebuff, recusare, refuse, refuse to accept, renounce, renueve, repel, repudiate, resist, spurn, turn away, turn down, veto
associated concepts: decline an appointment, decline to accept an offer
IV
index
abate (lessen), abatement (reduction), avoid (evade), caducity, curtailment, damage, decay, decrease (noun), decrease (verb), deduction (diminution), degenerate, degradation, depreciate, depress, depression, deteriorate, disavow, disdain, dismiss (put out of consideration), disoblige, dissent (withhold assent), ebb, end (termination), expense (sacrifice), fail (lose), forbear, forgo, forswear, languish, lapse (expiration), lessen, loss, rebuff, refrain, refuse, reject, relapse (noun), relapse (verb), renounce, repudiate, spurn, subside
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006