The act of declining or refusing something.
A weakening.
Downward movement, fall.
A reduction or diminution of activity.
A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.
To choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain.
To run through from first to last; to recite in order as though declining a noun.
To cause to decrease or diminish.
To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.
To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
To inflect for case, number, gender, and the like.
To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play.
To become weaker or worse.
To recite all the different declined forms of (a word).
The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government.
An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).
The deed or writing by which such a transfer is made.
To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.
to give (permission or wish)
To assent; to consent.
To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.