decline
n 1: change toward something smaller or lower [syn: {diminution}]
2: a condition inferior to an earlier condition [ant: {improvement}]
3: a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current [syn: {decay}]
4: a downward slope [syn: {descent}, {declivity}, {fall}, {downslope}]
[ant: {ascent}]
v 1: grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened" [syn: {worsen}]
[ant: {better}]
2: refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" [syn:
{refuse}, {reject}, {pass up}, {turn down}] [ant: {accept}]
3: show unwillingness towards [syn: {refuse}] [ant: {accept}]
4: grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned" [syn: {go down},
{wane}]
5: go down
6: of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives