Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word A gradual and continuous loss in quantity, quality, or importance
Decline
/dɪˈklaɪn/Synonyms:
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Examples:
The sun, declining through its shallow arch, dropped behind the tree-tops.
Then it declined again until the numbers sank below a hundred.
In rowing costume?' Mortimer looks gloomy, and declines to answer.
Etymology:
Originates from the Latin verb declinare, meaning "to bend down, of declining," from the prefix de-, indicating removal or reversal, and clinare, meaning to bend or lean.
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