Словарь синонимов английского языка - decline

(v) 1. refuse, turn down, deny, reject, demur, forgo, veto, avoid, abstain from: She declined help with the packages. Roger was offered a professorship at the university but he declined. 2. diminish, lessen, decrease, wane, flag, go down, fall or taper off, subside, ebb, abate, dwindle, shrink, fade, Colloq peter out, run out of steam, US run out of gas: Demand for hula hoops declined. 3. slope or clant (downwards), descend, drop or fall off, dip, sink: The meadow declines towards the river. 4. deteriorate, degenerate, worsen, fail: My health has declined over the last year. 5. go or drop down, settle, dip, sink, set: The sun was declining as I went home. -(n) 6. diminution, decrease, lessening, ebb, downturn, fall-off, reduction, abatement, slump, descent: There has been a steady decline in the value of the pound. 7. degenebation, deterioration, loss, diminution, weakening, debility, weakness, worsening, decay, failing: We noted a decline in the physical condition of those living nearby. 8. declivity, (downward) slope or slant, descent, downgrade, incline: The path led down a steep decline towards the pond.