decline definition

1. change toward something smaller or lower
2. a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state
3. grow smaller
• examples: Interest in the project waned
4. go down
• examples: The roof declines here
5. go down in value
• examples: the stock market corrected
• examples: prices slumped
6. inflect for number, gender, case, etc.,
• examples: in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives